ALG.exe
Application Layer Gateway Service by Microsoft
| Version: | 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) |
| MD5: | 379c7ac3ebcb636ecdb704e188a96a13 |
| SHA1: | 432c15ce3eb962597b6805dcd103dae8e7334133 |
| SHA256: | db651bd816d0f1ae7ea5d6e112da7170239432ef121a38f5f9e190927753c772 |
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 |
| File version: | 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) |
| Product version: | 5.1.2600.2180 |
| Size: | 43.5 KB (44,544 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.222903 |
| 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)
- 'ALG' (Servicio de puerta de enlace de nivel de aplicación)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002334% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001167% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001167% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 15,625 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.87 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.11 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 200 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.87 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 32.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 33.07 MB | |
| Working set: | 792 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.11 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 105 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ALG |
| Display name: | Servicio de puerta de enlace de nivel de aplicación |
| Description: | “Proporciona compatibilidad entre los complementos de protocolo de terceros y la Conexión compartida a Internet” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
28.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
10.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 35.50% of Application Layer Gateway Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
18.73% |
|
| Lenovo |
13.48% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
13.11% |
|
| ASUS |
12.73% |
|
| Compaq |
8.24% |
|
| Acer |
7.49% |
|
| Toshiba |
7.49% |
|
| Intel |
5.24% |
|
| Sony |
3.75% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
3.37% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.25% |
|
| Sahara |
1.50% |
|
| Samsung |
1.12% |
|
| Alienware |
0.75% |
|
| Medion |
0.75% |
|
