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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:
11, 0, 0, 9

MD5:
b339d30a2d2e2e8ade46981f1491c8fa

SHA-1:
714eccea9f7f3b28226fc22eaf3eec47133cc294

SHA-256:
43180991d387932a7134e3c6828cce76bea97ac7ecf56b69c62fdccf3c6ec860

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 3:34:13 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
1.1 MB (1,116,544 bytes)

Product version:
11, 0, 0, 9

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:
5/6/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AVG Technologies, OU=AVG Quick ThreatScan, 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:
5E0F996FDACC017461390F9605E65CBE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2012 12:45:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xB1A27

Entry point:
E8, 61, B4, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 1B, 20, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, B0, 42, 50, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, D8, B4, 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, 10, 6A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, F3, 10, 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, CB, 4A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, CA, A1, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.5545

Code size:
855.5 KB (876,032 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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