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
CRX
03a8539ee77c8a9dab728b718930397c
EXE
f18f18a7ce3179cf523a9a1176bd78e7
EXE
1a8521d8de227c4a0168a54de9e190d0
DLL
6fa3dbf3e14695489605e16398964a6d
DLL
124eda13cc2026a68eef1f53111c5afc
DLL
40cb04c958ff79ee1c2492d92d830f54
EXE
6fa45957408798a7a77f72b9450afb5c
EXE
69ae87869250365e2ddbf9b96f07e639
DLL
fbc10db97f221487dac9c82a0d4b894d
DLL
ec4cf4609de6bd7bd38cdccc06b06e90