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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

Version:
9, 0, 0, 23

MD5:
facc491300fd63dbf9961b344afde4c8

SHA-1:
5289668e7ed89f01efd762e584b7214f775dcbf2

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:57:00 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
871.8 KB (892,768 bytes)

Product version:
9, 0, 0, 23

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2011

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:
2/17/2010 1:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/6/2012 12:59:00 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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
20EBFBCFC7970C887CB0510AA423A604

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/7/2011 5:01:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1Vsyn1/GdD3lPom85aiS+z9hlw8yIgwTOhyQJrKTCoJ:z2DP/h+zhw8yIgwTOhyQ5KTCoJ

Entry address:
0x8E4A7

Entry point:
E8, 11, 96, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, B3, 14, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, D8, 02, 4D, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 88, 96, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 4B, 5A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 03, 13, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 6B, 7E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, FA, 82, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Code size:
694.5 KB (711,168 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 program.

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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