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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 multiple programs including AVG Security Toolbar1 and AVG Security Toolbar.
Publisher:
AVG Technologies  (signed and verified)

Product:
VProtect Application

Description:
VProtect Application

Version:
18.1.0.443

MD5:
926d373b7c52db332c872fa9470114fb

SHA-1:
a9d862aa075538ec9f3d6d71317b9445022cb21c

SHA-256:
305f7ce6a447229034af01511931be0f4f6ec3899ce60228648718c98f4a247f

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:46:42 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.4 MB (2,557,976 bytes)

Product version:
18.1.0.443

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:
4/13/2014 10:15:05 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Bpl3v5e9KLZr0DtR4miOx5O/VGT9v/51Fum0S9gu8Zr3NPnmKCfP7cTE0Q1PYUV9:Tl3vggZgDtR4miR/VGT9vZ30S9PIr31g

Entry address:
0x179E97

Entry point:
E8, 31, CD, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 46, 0B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 18, 93, 64, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, A8, CD, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8D, 45, F8, 50, FF, 15, 98, 91, 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, 85, 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, 14, 9A, 5C, 00, E8, BE...
 
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Code size:
1.8 MB (1,867,264 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
51% remove it
AVG Security Toolbar1  by AVG Technologies
50% remove it
 
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