What is rlservice.exe?

rlservice.exe is part of Relevant-Knowledge and developed by TMRG, Inc. according to the rlservice.exe version information.

rlservice.exe's description is "Relevant-Knowledge"

rlservice.exe is digitally signed by TMRG Inc..

rlservice.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected rlservice.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on rlservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameRelevant-Knowledge
Company nameTMRG, Inc.
File descriptionRelevant-Knowledge
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2001-2004
Product version1.1.23.198 (Build 23.198)
File version1.1.23.198 (Build 23.198)

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameRelevant-Knowledge
Company nameTMRG, Inc.
File descriptionRelevant-Knowledge
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2001-2004
Product version1.1.23.198 (Build 23.198)
File version1.1.23.198 (Build 23.198)

Digital signatures [?]

rlservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTMRG Inc.
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number7e36c4be2ceb69df7bcedb3b868e9ef9

VirusTotal report

41 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the rlservice.exe file. That's a 66% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.GenericKD.4628334
ALYac Adware.GenericKD.4628334
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[Adware]/Win32.RK.ar
Arcabit PUP.Adware.Tmrg
Avira ADWARE/Relevant.RI
AVware Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge (fs)
BitDefender Adware.GenericKD.4628334
CAT-QuickHeal Pua.Agent
Comodo Application.Win32.RK.A
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_89% (D)
Cyren W32/S-651850e6!Eldorado
DrWeb Adware.Relevant.139
Emsisoft Application.MarketScore (A)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.RK
F-Prot W32/S-651850e6!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.GenericKD.4628334
Fortinet Adware/Agent
GData Adware.GenericKD.4628334
Ikarus PUA.RK
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004ae4f91 )
K7GW Adware ( 004ae4f91 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.kakt
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.RelevantKnowledge
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Worm.ch
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.GenericKD.4628334
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Agent.emqkjf
Panda PUP/RelevantKnowledge
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.493
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (cloud:XBithY8fRnQ)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Generic PUA KD (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.RelevantKnowlege/Variant
Tencent Win32.Adware.Agent.Lmax
VBA32 AdWare.Agent
VIPRE Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge (fs)
ViRobot Adware.Relevantknowledge.204704.A[h]
Webroot W32.Adware.Relevantknowledge
Yandex PUA.Agent!
Zillya Adware.RelevantCRTD.Win32.1661
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.kakt
41 of the 62 anti-virus programs detected the rlservice.exe file.

rlservice.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove rlservice.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the rlservice.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that rlservice.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate rlservice.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the rlservice.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate rlservice.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlservice.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the rlservice.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If rlservice.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If rlservice.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If rlservice.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that rlservice.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a48fabbc1489154802e6124b87365245
SHA256f4bdd885c47a1550f8367afff6b5af775a64fb074e1753feebc8f8e82c88a6e3

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to rlservice.exe:

rlservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

rlservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Relevant-Knowledge has stopped working.

End Program - rlservice.exe. This program is not responding.

rlservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

rlservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with rlservice.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with rlservice.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with rlservice.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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