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: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) |
| MD5: | a1545b731579895d8cc44fc0481c1192 |
| SHA1: | 1414ab5da123748f62207d663153b43d4dc4abf5 |
| SHA256: | 6b0ee833ba39c142d625a03586ccd8f6c9c3136c603ce5df5bac1aa3423e3e7f |
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: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) |
| Product version: | 6.0.6000.16386 |
| 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: | 0.00165599% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00078235% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00087364% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156,020 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,099/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.38 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.57 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.92 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.38 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 34.63 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 35.7 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.03 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.92 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,074/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 73 | |
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
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004789% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001110% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003678% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,037/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
| alg.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004026% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001414% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002612% | |
| CPU cycles: | 687/sec | |
| Memory: | 68 KB | |
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% |
|
