Home Malware Programs Adware Awesome Dealers

Awesome Dealers

Posted: November 13, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 13,640
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 177,519
First Seen: October 12, 2020
Last Seen: August 26, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Awesome Dealers is an adware extension, which is compatible with Google Chrome only and offers to yield its users with access to the best deals, coupon codes, and promotions available online. In addition to this handy information, the Awesome Dealers is also meant to help users find the best prices for the products they are browsing by displaying additional offers. Although this functionality might sound helpful at first, you should keep in mind that the deals and offers that the Awesome Dealers displays may contain affiliate links, or point users to websites that sponsor the developers of the Awesome Dealers. In short, this extension might work as adware whose purpose is to refer users to specific online stores subtly, which will pay out a commission to the publishers of the Awesome Dealers for every successful purchase.

In addition to the coupon codes and promotions, it is possible that the Awesome Dealers also may display 3rd-party advertisements that are not affiliated with particular products, services or offers that the user has been browsing. In general, adware extensions like the Awesome Dealers don't bring many valuable features and, instead, they may often end up impairing the Web browser's performance by cluttering it with unwanted advertisements.

If you have the Awesome Dealers running on your PC and you'd like to put an end to its activity, then we advise you to run a credible PC security scanner, which should help identify and erase the Awesome Dealers' files. However, this threat is not threatening so that you are free to continue using it if you find its features to be satisfying.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



\??\C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\rlls.dl_ File name: rlls.dl_
Size: 740.72 KB (740720 bytes)
MD5: f949546ac2c4c8b6da746f5ac00a9d01
Detection count: 14,795
Mime Type: unknown/dl_
Path: \??\C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\rlls.dl_
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 13, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlservice.exe File name: rlservice.exe
Size: 170.35 KB (170352 bytes)
MD5: 40bc7aaacab71f603662590a0028e827
Detection count: 10,694
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlservice.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 18, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlservice.exe File name: rlservice.exe
Size: 170.35 KB (170352 bytes)
MD5: 38b3c82edfc1839ff79a8832b56bcf2a
Detection count: 9,471
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlservice.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 13, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg.exe File name: rlvknlg.exe
Size: 6.1 MB (6107504 bytes)
MD5: 4895963f5a029d03e1d81cb71ad4168b
Detection count: 6,818
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg.exe File name: rlvknlg.exe
Size: 6.1 MB (6107504 bytes)
MD5: 550737266503571619bc6ca939e4af6b
Detection count: 5,982
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 15, 2023
C:\PROGRA~2\RELEVA~1\rlvknlg32.exe File name: rlvknlg32.exe
Size: 161.13 KB (161136 bytes)
MD5: f00d2b52edb5070c0ea683de04a0a954
Detection count: 5,633
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\PROGRA~2\RELEVA~1\rlvknlg32.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 13, 2023
\??\C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg64.ex_ File name: rlvknlg64.ex_
Size: 190.32 KB (190320 bytes)
MD5: 68d7324ba0773b18853916efcffce529
Detection count: 5,136
Mime Type: unknown/ex_
Path: \??\C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg64.ex_
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 13, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\relevantknowledge\rlservice.exe File name: rlservice.exe
Size: 170.35 KB (170352 bytes)
MD5: 17fc9a65af9387b131e1644ba73601ad
Detection count: 4,003
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\relevantknowledge\rlservice.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 5, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GNQCI.tmp\rkverify.exe File name: rkverify.exe
Size: 609.64 KB (609648 bytes)
MD5: 60db193bce83f05363c874fec9b310c5
Detection count: 1,560
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GNQCI.tmp\rkverify.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\PROGRA~2\RELEVA~1\rlvknlg32.exe File name: rlvknlg32.exe
Size: 161.13 KB (161136 bytes)
MD5: aeaa88b9b7a1a408b377fe1f998deb49
Detection count: 1,513
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\PROGRA~2\RELEVA~1\rlvknlg32.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 27, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D3EEE.tmp\rkinstaller.exe File name: rkinstaller.exe
Size: 3.11 MB (3110768 bytes)
MD5: 53e0b8a1e570bae84ce2f72a1d889b81
Detection count: 1,216
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-D3EEE.tmp\rkinstaller.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 10, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Samples\Deceptor\3e632d7f0392251dd0b3049734163f5c_RKInstall_050620.exe File name: 3e632d7f0392251dd0b3049734163f5c_RKInstall_050620.exe
Size: 3.11 MB (3110768 bytes)
MD5: 3e632d7f0392251dd0b3049734163f5c
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Samples\Deceptor\3e632d7f0392251dd0b3049734163f5c_RKInstall_050620.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 14, 2023
RKInstall_052919.exe File name: RKInstall_052919.exe
Size: 3.11 MB (3111280 bytes)
MD5: 76d1bc443d9a01e017783b9a96b6079b
Detection count: 54
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\NYD7KN1P\rk_setup_EN.exe File name: rk_setup_EN.exe
Size: 2.73 MB (2737600 bytes)
MD5: 5f253092541445f2c54db1387cf2fa85
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\NYD7KN1P\rk_setup_EN.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
Loading...