TMRG, Inc. - 42% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by TMRG, Inc.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as RelevantKnowledge and Adware.Win32.RelevantKnowledge.a (v). The detection rate for the TMRG, Inc. files collected here is 42%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably see TMRG, Inc. when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view additional details from the TMRG, Inc. certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the TMRG, Inc. file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screengrab of a file digitally signed by TMRG, Inc.:
As you can see in the screencap above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by TMRG, Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, etc. You can also see the address for TMRG, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 and Thawte Code Signing CA has issued the TMRG, Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
TMRG, Inc. Files
These are the TMRG, Inc. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 21/47 | rkverify.exe |
| 13/48 | CSM130.tmp |
| 22/48 | rkinstaller.exe |
| 26/50 | rlservice.exe |
| 19/42 | rlls.dll |
| 6/36 | rlcm.dll |
| 25/41 | rlservice.exe |
| 11/42 | rlls.dll |
| 22/46 | rlservice.exe |
| 19/51 | CSM29B9.tmp |
| 11/44 | rlservice.exe |
| 5/43 | rlservice.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the TMRG, Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | RelevantKnowledge |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Relevant.BH, Adware.Relevant.CA, Gen:Adware.Heur.gq1@R03T7@gi, Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A |
| Agnitum | Adware.MarketScore!zitxnvecDX8, Adware.Relevant!6SngFqGRV7s, Adware.Agent!QwOC6b0X3jA |
| AhnLab-V3 | Win-Adware/Relevant.381968, Adware/Win32.Relevant, Malware/Win32.Generic |
| AntiVir | ADSPY/NaviPromo.J, Adware/Agent.107136, Adware/Agent.541312, Adware/Agent.49792.2 |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Gabba.gen, AdWare/Win32.RK.gen, WebToolbar/Win32.RK.gen |
| Avast | Win32:PUP-gen [PUP], Win32:Relevant-AD [PUP], Win32:Relevant-G [PUP], Win32:Relevant-P [PUP], Win32:Relevant-W [PUP], Win32:Relevant-V [PUP] |
| Avast5 | Win32:Relevant-G |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.Win32.Agent.34, Adware.Win32.RKToolbar.aDtq |
| BitDefender | Adware.Relevant.BH, Adware.Relevant.CA, Gen:Adware.Heur.gq1@R03T7@gi, Gen:Adware.Heur.Hy9@R0CzHwji, Gen:Adware.Heur.dq1@R4HpVadi, Adware.Relevant.BB, Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A |
| Bkav | W32.OnGameEALBR.Trojan, W32.Cloda7e.Trojan.30bf |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Adware.RK.ad (Not a Virus) |
| CMC | WebToolbar.Win32.RK!O |
| ClamAV | PUA.Win32.Packer.Msvcpp-1 |
| Commtouch | W32/MalwareF.KWOI, W32/Risk.YHZF-4179, W32/Risk.MHQH-3756 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.RK.~E, ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.RK.~A, UnclassifiedMalware, ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.Agent.~BBC |
| DrWeb | Adware.Relevant.81, Trojan.DownLoader7.55414, Adware.Relevant.66, Adware.Bho.3660, Adware.Relevant.84, Adware.OSSProxy |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win32/Adware.MarketScore.A, Win32/Adware.Mongoose, Win32/Adware.RK.AG, a variant of Win32/Adware.RK, Win32/Adware.Mongoose.A |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Relevant.BH (B), Adware.Relevant.CA (B), Gen:Adware.Heur.gq1@R03T7@gi (B), Gen.AdWare.Heur!IK, Adware.Win32.AMN!A2, Adware.Relevant.BB (B), Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A (B), Riskware.Win32.RelevantKnowledge.AMN (A) |
| F-Prot | W32/MalwareF.KWOI, W32/MalwareF.CHGB, W32/MalwareF.BRZY, W32/Relevant.B.gen!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.Relevant.BH, Adware.Relevant.CA, Gen:Adware.Heur.gq1@R03T7@gi, Gen:Adware.Heur.Hy9@R0CzHwji, Adware.Relevant.BB, Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A |
| Fortinet | Riskware/OSS, Misc/Oss |
| GData | Adware.Relevant.BH, Adware.Relevant.CA, Gen:Adware.Heur.gq1@R03T7@gi, Gen:Adware.Heur.Hy9@R0CzHwji, Gen:Adware.Heur.dq1@R4HpVadi, Adware.Relevant.BB, Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A |
| Ikarus | Gen.AdWare.Heur, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.RK, AdWare.Agent |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware, Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Adware |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.RK.cr, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.RK.cj, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.RK.br, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.RK.bq |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.z.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.RelevantKnowledge, PUP.Adware.RelevantKnowledge |
| McAfee | Artemis!57A8AF5CC24A, Proxy-OSS |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!57A8AF5CC24A, Artemis!A46A85BC66C9 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Relevant.BH, Adware.Relevant.CA, Gen:Adware.Heur.gq1@R03T7@gi, Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Relevant.cbpeni, Trojan.Win32.Relevant.cbpecr, Trojan.Win32.Relevant.eaxxg |
| NOD32 | probably a variant of Win32/Adware.RK, a variant of Win32/Adware.RK.AD |
| Norman | Adware.A!genr, W32/Adware.A!genr, W32/RelevantKnowledge.UM, W32/RelevantKnowledge.AAZ, W32/RelevantKnowledge.AAA |
| Prevx | Medium Risk Malware |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12E2188E!316807310, PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12683D8C!308821388, Trojan.Win32.Generic.12580B9E |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.RelevantKnowledge, Spyware.RelevantKnowledge, PUP.RelevantKnowledge |
| Sophos | RelevantKnowledge, Relevant-Installer, Generic Proxy-OSS Application |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNR.0BCS13 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_SPNR.0BCS13 |
| VBA32 | Signed-AdWare.Win32.Relevant, AdWare.Win32.RK.aw, Adware.Mongoose |
| VIPRE | Adware.Win32.RelevantKnowledge.a (v), Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge, Win32.Adware |
| ViRobot | Adware.RK.49792.B, Adware.Relevant.49792 |
| VirusBuster | Riskware.Adware!lGOYKIwgB20 |
| eSafe | Win32.ADSPYAdSpy |
| nProtect | Adware.Relevant.BH, Adware.Relevant.CA, Adware/W32.Agent.451600, Spyware.Relevantknowledge.A |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1884 scan results for the TMRG, Inc. files. 792 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 3e610c00c4d725b9689279cc88eea594
- 0c22d897c820001a2c4c01d3aebb98e8