adawarebp.exe
Anti-phishing Domain Advisor by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of adawarebp.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1, 0, 1, 35. adawarebp.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 534.3 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Lavasoft Limited by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Ad-Aware Browsing Protection from Lavasoft. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0046% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 6.27 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 15.72 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 17.21 KB per minute for reads and 965 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is adawarebp.exe?
Ad-Aware Browsing Protection is part of Ad-Aware, an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
About adawarebp.exe (from Lavasoft Limited)
“Built upon our legendary anti-spyware and antivirus protection, Ad-Aware real-time web-filtering technology safeguards your PC against phishing attacks and online scams, allowing you to stay protected”
Details |
File name: | adawarebp.exe |
Publisher: | Lavasoft |
Product name: | Anti-phishing Domain Advisor |
Description: | Ad-Aware Browsing Protection and Anti-Phishing |
Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\ad-aware browsing protection\adawarebp.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Anti-phishing Domain Advisor.)
The Ad-Aware Browsing Protection add-in changes the default search and home page URLs of the user's web browsers. Installs a Visicom toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information ab...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of adawarebp.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Ad-Aware Browsing Protection' → "C:\ProgramData\Ad-Aware Browsing Protection\adawarebp.exe"
All file variations of adawarebp.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
55.56% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.22% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
11.11% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate N |
5.56% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
5.56% |
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Distribution by country
United Kingdom installs about 37.50% of Anti-phishing Domain Advisor.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
53.33% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
26.67% |
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Acer |
20.00% |
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