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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 Security Toolbar.
Publisher:
AVG Technologies  (signed and verified)

Product:
VProtect Application

Description:
VProtect Application (Official)

Version:
18.0.0.248

MD5:
51bee4e9eff45cea4d9f4ee9d3d8c922

SHA-1:
3d3c9b5c1251cfbf5a98158e1cae7eb65ea06986

SHA-256:
82c4707883c6530e059112bf39f76cc6d67363ce6f81d69530b7c6ed488d1439

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 4:32:05 AM 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:\Program Files\avg secure search\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:iKbYjaYCPCvVDjvsUkSEhT4vdBybOLCW27T7G6YsfBStqr823uTV+gsHh+E7uCvS:rbYjYPIVD4UkSEhTUByiOWkHG69BSMVu

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 secure search\vprot.exe"


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

AVG Security Toolbar  by AVG Technologies
The AVG Security 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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