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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:
18.0.0.248

MD5:
791d3104e3f5a0989359f3788260ed9a

SHA-1:
26520043a73124d2d7a7e3ee4908f50ba124e6dc

SHA-256:
307563fecbba1c7f99081ee365b07b61ab6397aadf4658e6443bc0c6234f2078

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:11:04 PM UTC  (today)

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

Product version:
18.0.0.248

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
VProtect.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\progfiles\avg safeguard toolbar\vprot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVG Technologies

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/23/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 6:52:39 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:SKbYjaYCPCvVDjvsUkSEhT4vdBybOLCW27T7G6YsfBStqr823uTV+gsHh+E7uCvJ:bbYjYPIVD4UkSEhTUByiOWkHG69BSMVV

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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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 programs.

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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