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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

Version:
17.1.3.3

MD5:
afd9f2368663b50b2d2135be10ad427b

SHA-1:
e8fb24752b7d8b24efb2675a255cd4b84a2c3222

SHA-256:
ea11d4425a86c70618272b373acbb223970e88d371e1cc11a1c05b6487217de1

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:53:42 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.2 MB (2,334,384 bytes)

Product version:
17.1.3.3

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
VProtect.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\avg_a46604\progfiles\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:
11/11/2013 7:35:12 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2rRtT4ueZdaAyZ82Z0gmnvlBELDMN0qa7u3uXTQQkG6aYWHCMrJ49TE:kRx4uudaAB00g29BELDM67u3uJ

Entry address:
0x1580E7

Entry point:
E8, 51, CA, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 46, 0B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 28, 73, 61, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C8, CA, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8D, 45, F8, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 21, 5A, 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, A5, CB, 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, CC, 29, 5A, 00, E8, DE...
 
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Entropy:
6.4493

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,704,448 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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