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vprot.exe

VProtect Application

AVG Technologies

It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘vProt’. This is installed with AVG SafeGuard toolbar.
Publisher:
AVG Technologies  (signed and verified)

Product:
VProtect Application

Description:
VProtect Application (Official)

Version:
18.0.0.250

MD5:
97434a19fb5fa44347dcc500fe446bc5

SHA-1:
15a1c2a1d8d95da6aab1498fa372d75cded46c80

SHA-256:
e1ec7b0b0d645692122a969c93d75424f671fdd4f13c02648db17d347d880933

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 2:53:57 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.4 MB (2,539,544 bytes)

Product version:
18.0.0.250

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
VProtect.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\avg safeguard toolbar\vprot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVG Technologies

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/22/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AVG Technologies, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVG Technologies, L=Brno, S=Jihomoravsky kraj, C=CZ

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
01DA9DE8D302ACC5CDD5AB42EB5638DB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2014 1:18:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:tTkI3E/Plke9rz/ekASEBTpvyRR03DeyfH4padtdB9L4NbPp1ThePMch8SHIHdum:VkI3Glr9rSkASEBTMRqzesYpaZB9shpv

Entry address:
0x176E37

Entry point:
E8, 01, CD, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 46, 0B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 18, 53, 64, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 78, CD, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8D, 45, F8, 50, FF, 15, 9C, 51, 5C, 00, 8B, 45, F8, 8B, 4D, FC, 6A, 00, 05, 00, 80, C1, 2A, 68, 80, 96, 98, 00, 81, D1, 21, 4E, 62, FE, 51, 50, E8, 55, CE, 00, 00, 83, FA, 07, 7C, 0E, 7F, 07, 3D, FF, 6F, 40, 93, 76, 05, 83, C8, FF, 8B, D0, 8B, 4D, 08, 85, C9, 74, 05, 89, 01, 89, 51, 04, C9, C3, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, F4, 59, 5C, 00, E8, 8E...
 
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Entropy:
6.4431

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,851,392 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
vProt

Command:
"C:\Program Files\avg safeguard toolbar\vprot.exe"


The file vprot.exe has been discovered within the following program.

AVG SafeGuard toolbar  by AVG Technologies
The AVG SafeGuard toolbar is included in AVG Technologies’s family of security software, as a standalone program, and as a third party bundles. AVG Security Toolbar incluedes a link scanner that displays security information about websites.
www.avg.com/us-en/secure-search
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