rlvknlg.exe

Relevant-Knowledge

TMRG Inc.

The component is part of the TMRG platform which will track various behaviors of web browsing habits including tracking sites and domains visited as well as ads clicked. The application rlvknlg.exe by TMRG has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
TMRG, Inc.  (signed by TMRG Inc.)

Product:
Relevant-Knowledge

Version:
1.3.337.392 (Build 337.392)

MD5:
bc21e3dc7c34cdc5ced07be35d2fe459

SHA-1:
9f76194bb24c05ec30ef87585c24b0792c61ed48

SHA-256:
db1bc4be77828a48a7d207595b1c5373512d655c90f283966a8834d3a8d46154

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 1:38:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
17.1.31.22

File size:
3.6 MB (3,740,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.337.392 (Build 337.392)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2001-2004

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\rlvknlg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/17/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TMRG Inc., O=TMRG Inc., L=Reston, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7E36C4BE2CEB69DF7BCEDB3B868E9EF9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/28/2016 3:24:02 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x245F0C

Entry point:
E8, DC, 53, 01, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B, C9, C2, 08, 00, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 53, 56, 57, 64, 8B, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, FC, C7, 45, F8, 88, 5F, 64, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, F8, FF, 75, 08, E8, 9C, 0D, 04, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.6133

Code size:
2.7 MB (2,820,096 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri8.securestudies.com  (4.16.75.40:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 125.235.30.40.adsl.viettel.vn  (125.235.30.40:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to oss-ad-iad.securestudies.com  (165.193.78.187:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to wwwc.ria.securestudies.com  (184.80.40.40:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri9.securestudies.com  (4.16.75.72:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-50-52-103.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.50.52.103:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a88-221-113-72.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (88.221.113.72:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-215-16-121.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.215.16.121:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-200-165-106.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.200.165.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 22.219.186.35.bc.googleusercontent.com  (35.186.219.22:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-82-24.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.82.24:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-206-203-23.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.206.203.23:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia8.securestudies.com  (205.218.48.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-82-225.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.82.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-80-49.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.80.49:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to l3dsr-cserv-um-21.iad3.btrll.com  (162.208.22.39:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to g1.v.fwmrm.net  (75.98.70.31:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-75-101-163-73.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (75.101.163.73:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-87-166-181.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.87.166.181:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-86-195-49.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.86.195.49:80)

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