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vprot.exe

VProtect Application

InfoSpace

The application vprot.exe, “VProtect Application ” by InfoSpace has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘vProt’. This file is typically installed with the program AVG Nation toolbar by Blucora which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
InfoSpace  (signed and verified)

Product:
VProtect Application

Description:
VProtect Application

Version:
18.1.0.443

MD5:
47cb4d23ae630ca9f6b43da6c0a083be

SHA-1:
9c0ce50bdd7dad06e172671710e2fd6f5fddacde

SHA-256:
da4b5419665c765e276daa5273e8914df4eb25e8749495c109d96774b4da2149

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 1:03:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoSpace (M)
17.2.7.0

File size:
2.4 MB (2,556,744 bytes)

Product version:
18.1.0.443

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
VProtect.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\avg nation toolbar\vprot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
InfoSpace

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/16/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/18/2014 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=InfoSpace, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, OU=Systems, O=InfoSpace, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

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:
4FA97FCF31526C9CF6D4D2149CA247DB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2014 5:15:05 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

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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Entropy:
6.4412

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 nation toolbar\vprot.exe"


The file vprot.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

AVG Nation toolbar  by Blucora
AVG Nation toolbar powered by InfoSpace is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers.
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