Should I block it?
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
vprot.exe
VProtect Application by AVG Technologies (Signed)
| Version: | 15, 2, 0, 8 |
| MD5: | 4f7b2b6d0328d24e8d98e49dcf214ea9 |
| SHA1: | 82692f27b97f7ed5e7ef3c38e15523f19f1a0155 |
| SHA256: | 17e4a3c2d74217ef1a46d932c42159faeb1221d9989573bc11b7236db401c30b |
Overview
vprot.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program AVG SafeGuard toolbar published by AVG Technologies and is most likely removed by most users once installed (62% removed). The file is digitally signed by AVG Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | vprot.exe |
| Publisher: | AVG Secure Search |
| Product name: | VProtect Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avg secure search\vprot.exe |
| Original name: | VProtect.exe |
| File version: | 15, 2, 0, 8 |
| Size: | 1.2 MB (1,255,088 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/19/2013 11:29 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AVG Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
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. The toolbar offers search, weather information, a link to a speedtest and other features that are not really related to security. It also may send event logs and other system-related information to a...
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'vProt' → "C:\Program Files\AVG Secure Search\vprot.exe"
Network connections
[TCP] a184-51-207-58.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (184.51.207.58:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00018763% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00014483% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004280% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 737,843 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 35,416,088/sec | |
| Context switches: | 97/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 13.84 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 20.38 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.27 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 13.84 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 124.86 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 137.29 MB | |
| Working set: | 14.24 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 24.77 MB | |
| Page faults: | 601,562/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 17.39 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 4.16 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 8/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 464 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 26/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 292 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 14 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 13 | |
| GUI USER count: | 18 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 17 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\avg safeguard toolbar\vprot.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| vprot.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.16728087% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.08959770% | |
| User CPU: | 0.07768317% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,355,993/sec | |
| Context switches: | 14/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.21 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00016785% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016785% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,861/sec | |
| Memory: | 276 KB | |
| wow64cpu.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009305% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00009305% | |
| CPU cycles: | 733/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000651% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000651% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,171/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.52 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.84% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.95% |
|
| Windows 8 |
13.16% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.53% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.26% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.26% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 31.58% of VProtect Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.49% |
|
| Dell |
23.53% |
|
| ASUS |
19.61% |
|
| Acer |
11.76% |
|
| Sony |
7.84% |
|
| Toshiba |
7.84% |
|
| Samsung |
3.92% |
|
