PrivDog

PrivDog

Known Generic

by Adtrustmedia, LLC

What is PrivDog?

PrivDog is software application developed by Adtrustmedia, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 58.15% of installations running this operating system. PrivDog's installer is typically 6.00 MB in size and installs around 37 files. The most common release is 1.8.0.15 with 34.08% of all installations currently using this version.

PrivDog is most popular in the United States with 40.75% of installations residing in this country.

About PrivDog?

The software features a "Trusted Advertisements" function that is designed to display advertisements from a trusted source in areas of webpages where ads are normally blocked on the user's computer. Additionally, the "Trusted Advertisements" feature overlays search result ads with advertisements from a trusted source in the form of an overlay window. This window is identified by a disclosure of "AT-M Ad" in the top left or right section. To view other ads beneath the overlay window and close it, users can click the "See Non AT-M Ad" link present on the window. Users who opt to receive "Trusted Advertisements" with the software provide explicit permission to AdTrustMedia to send advertisements solely from AdTrustMedia and its affiliates. If users do not wish to receive ads solely from AdTrustMedia and/or its affiliates, they should not check or install this option. When an advertisement is displayed, a disclosure is shown at the bottom right of the ad, indicated by "AT-M Ad" and an icon.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PrivDog.

privdogservice.exe (MD5: 69ae87869250365e2ddbf9b96f07e639) has been flagged by 3 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware AdTrustMedia (fs)
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0121
VIPRE Antivirus AdTrustMedia (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • privdogservice.exe runs as a service named 'Privacy Content Firewall' (Privacy Content Firewall) "Protects your privacy from unwanted connections to remote tracking computers and services.".

Software Details

URL:
https://privdog.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\AdTrustMedia\PrivDog\UninstallTrustedAds.exe"
Size:
6.00 MB
Language:
English

PrivDog Executable Details

Primary executable:
finalizesetup.exe
Name:
PrivDog
Path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog\finalizesetup.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PrivDog
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
5e18d02760c57b3a0dd293da60567d8a
DLL
2c1156ddf5fab73c35ffe3bb9b17839a
DLL
059b039a5709098db5e3e02ab9132344
DLL
5dd8c477a1e43e242efda6755fc46959
DLL
afab8e22db3b291dc38cecf5419346a0
DLL
0bee92cfd217a14ccb755cfd5f740377
DLL
2c2cd9eadb0f05a503e2debf6b65bb8c
DLL
4021392fb4666886bdbaf5664cad6a16
DLL
5d15697b5bae6e371ce84da0e8606afb
DLL
a29f9bfa21284f3bc86620ddec255ff6