Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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alg.exe
Application Layer Gateway Service by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| MD5: | 18a54e132947cd98fea9accc57f98f13 |
| SHA1: | ef85636e8d5bb35bcbdc453fdd49a91b89ac2c74 |
| SHA256: | 9d39af972785e49f0dd12c4baef39a79cd69f098886bf152af1b7cce2e902115 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is alg.exe?
The Application Layer Gateway Service provides support for 3rd party protocol plug-ins for Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).
About alg.exe (from Microsoft)
“Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is the use of a device with Internet access such as 3G cellular service, broadband via Ethernet, or other Internet gateway as an access point for other devices. It wa”
Details
| File name: | alg.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Application Layer Gateway Service |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe |
| Original name: | ALG.exe.mui |
| File version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| Product version: | 6.1.7600.16385 |
| Size: | 58 KB (59,392 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.353134 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00038821% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00022579% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00016242% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 114,980 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 14,396/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.29 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.23 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 28.73 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 29.93 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.31 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.71 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,065/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 30 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 15 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 96 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe |
| Owner: | LOCAL SERVICE |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ALG |
| Display name: | Service de la passerelle de la couche Application |
| Description: | “Fournit la prise en charge de plug-ins de protocole tiers pour le partage de connexion Internet” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00058049% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00020889% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00037160% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,330/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| alg.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00037677% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00023746% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00013931% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,785/sec | |
| Memory: | 68 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00016251% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016251% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 589/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
58.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
9.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 49.75% of Application Layer Gateway Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.57% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.71% |
|
| Toshiba |
14.76% |
|
| ASUS |
13.28% |
|
| Acer |
10.70% |
|
| Sony |
3.69% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.95% |
|
| Lenovo |
2.95% |
|
| Samsung |
2.58% |
|
| MSI |
1.48% |
|
| Alienware |
0.74% |
|
| Medion |
0.74% |
|
| Intel |
0.74% |
|
| Gateway |
0.74% |
|
| Sahara |
0.37% |
|
