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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 (Official)

Version:
17.3.0.49

MD5:
d6c54ebe7a8558d35d1cdfd57b83c657

SHA-1:
93f053eb29bc78af79031c96120de8e6281de184

SHA-256:
e1743bb3f08f5f3e963cf92289e6f82556984fcd3f6127e55ae039cbdac65aee

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 8:55:25 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.4 MB (2,486,296 bytes)

Product version:
17.3.0.49

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:
3/23/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2015 11:59:59 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:
12/23/2013 6:13:11 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0ttULBRdvPk1ojmUYcbsz362jKelthzv6Jh1RLjjTYaHhlp1XLhagwU9NMNT5Ok2:StULBRdE1ojmUYcbT2jKeLpv4h15PV

Entry address:
0x16E417

Entry point:
E8, 52, CC, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 46, 0B, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 28, 93, 63, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C9, CC, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8D, 45, F8, 50, FF, 15, 88, B1, 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, A5, CD, 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, DC, B9, 5B, 00, E8, DE...
 
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Code size:
1.7 MB (1,810,432 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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