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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

Version:
18.2.2.846

MD5:
603043f35df3cd27cf1b49987532bd54

SHA-1:
f78bf9245079f3d88b590ffb7957534bd9d514eb

SHA-256:
d24de81630d8e1b1ff0f33fe4dfb05dd0f36ce731962c9666d764f77d84ac42e

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:09:03 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.4 MB (2,491,416 bytes)

Product version:
18.2.2.846

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 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:
1/22/2015 8:25:51 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:HrN64uIkY54uvbwt76dQtM7KLNVOdJif/2tr/+dfevJOWVOrrMbwPhoH1CZNCVwQ:LN64RkY542bwt76MNVOdJi6cfQOW0fM3

Entry address:
0x16DEF7

Entry point:
E8, D1, D0, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 46, 0B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 48, B3, 63, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 48, D1, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8D, 45, F8, 50, FF, 15, C0, E1, 5B, 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, 25, D2, 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, B4, EA, 5B, 00, E8, 5E...
 
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Entropy:
6.4513

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,821,184 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 program.

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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