PermissionResearch

PermissionResearch

Known Malware

by TMRG, Inc.

What is PermissionResearch?

PermissionResearch is software application developed by TMRG, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 54.41% of installations running this operating system. PermissionResearch's installer is typically 6.00 MB in size and installs around 11 files. The most common release is 1.3.337.320 with 14.71% of all installations currently using this version.

PermissionResearch is most popular in the United States with 67.3% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, PermissionResearch is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PermissionResearch.

prmrsr.exe (MD5: e5c1d7d78637cc941006bb783399181e) has been flagged by 13 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Bkav FE W32.Clodd50.Trojan.5464
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.RK.AE
F-Prot W32/Relevant.A.gen!Eldorado
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Sophos Generic Proxy-OSS Application
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0822
VIPRE Antivirus Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge (fs)
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.DG
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.RelevantKnowledge
prls.dll (MD5: fe8f43632c9b0427e27bfc42e079f1c8) has been flagged by 7 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.DG
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.RK.AM
F-Prot W32/Relevant.B.gen!Eldorado
K7 AntiVirus Adware
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.RelevantKnowledge
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0411
prservice.exe (MD5: cd9dcf27d994f47306c565bd7dd456ae) has been flagged by 14 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Skodna.Generic_r
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Riskware.Win32.RelevantKnowledge.AMN
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.RK
F-Prot W32/Relevant.B.gen
K7 AntiVirus Adware
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.RelevantKnowledge
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0411
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Bkav FE W32.Clodd50.Trojan.5464
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Sophos Generic Proxy-OSS Application
VIPRE Antivirus Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • prservice.exe runs as a service named 'PermissionResearch' (PermissionResearch).
Firewall:
  • prmrsr.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\permissionresearch\prmrsr.exe'.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.permissionresearch.com/about.aspx
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\permissionresearch
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\PermissionResearch\prmrsr.exe -bootremove -uninsC:PermissionResearch
Size:
6.00 MB
Language:
English

PermissionResearch Executable Details

Primary executable:
prservice.exe
Name:
PermissionResearch
Path:
C:\Program Files\permissionresearch\prservice.exe
MD5:
cd9dcf27d994f47306c565bd7dd456ae
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PermissionResearch
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
4a474d61ab186db9433df8599241df65
DLL
dc8966cbd4c9ee3912c25933dfde740b
DLL
ffde1dbe55b8511980efb47ca4daeaf6
DLL
d17b6ddf2541236c0c362d248df2e199
EXE
c46bb77e2769918c64c2627f148a7a2e
EXE
fb7aeb88a5380a58929b0a2b5e2f39ff
EXE
prmrsr.exe
Malware
e5c1d7d78637cc941006bb783399181e
DLL
0b31c811d54a2ee5ace4b56a31df6ec3
DLL
prls.dll
Malware
fe8f43632c9b0427e27bfc42e079f1c8
CRX
f01e1416946475321c9c81573b8abbc6