What is rlservice.exe?

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

rlservice.exe's description is "RelevantKnowledge"

rlservice.exe is digitally signed by TMRG, Inc..

rlservice.exe is usually located in the 'E:\Program Files\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 nameRelevantKnowledge
Company nameTMRG, Inc.
File descriptionRelevantKnowledge
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2001-2004
Product version1.1.12.129 (Build 12.129)
File version1.1.12.129 (Build 12.129)

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

Product nameRelevantKnowledge
Company nameTMRG, Inc.
File descriptionRelevantKnowledge
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2001-2004
Product version1.1.12.129 (Build 12.129)
File version1.1.12.129 (Build 12.129)

Digital signatures [?]

rlservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTMRG, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0c22d897c820001a2c4c01d3aebb98e8

VirusTotal report

22 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the rlservice.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Adware.Agent!QwOC6b0X3jA
Antiy-AVL WebToolbar/Win32.RK.gen
Avast Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG RelevantKnowledge
BitDefender Adware.Relevant.BB
Commtouch W32/Risk.YHZF-4179
DrWeb Adware.OSSProxy
Emsisoft Adware.Relevant.BB (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.RK
F-Prot W32/MalwareF.CHGB
F-Secure Adware.Relevant.BB
Fortinet Riskware/OSS
GData Adware.Relevant.BB
Ikarus AdWare.Agent
K7AntiVirus Riskware
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.RK.bq
Malwarebytes PUP.Adware.RelevantKnowledge
Norman Adware.A!genr
SUPERAntiSpyware Spyware.RelevantKnowledge
VBA32 Signed-AdWare.Win32.Relevant
VIPRE Adware.Win32.RelevantKnowledge.a (v)
ViRobot Adware.Relevant.49792
22 of the 46 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
    E:\Program Files\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.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Folder name variants

rlservice.exe may also be located in other folders than E:\Program Files\RelevantKnowledge\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named rlservice.exe

rlservice.exe (50 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD50df6975b5ffc6d7503e01b4d694f3ae2
SHA256fad1c7929a33479295b5b16a036a5e3a3cf12c8b661427b11ba199a79316a5ea

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.

RelevantKnowledge 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.

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