Should I block it?
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
 
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
 
     
    
        SearchProtection.exe
Search Protection by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 2,0,5,00 | 
| MD5: | 2840e7c1ba69ab259cfdf88eb2b689b4 | 
| SHA1: | 5bab11f083d6607208a2ba86a3bdaa3c85a0d261 | 
| SHA256: | 402fc110587a7c14bdcc36f911a99b4615e4c185cdd244f7abe353bd2f7a4d31 | 
Overview
searchprotection.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). The file is digitally signed by Lavasoft Limited which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | searchprotection.exe | 
| Publisher: | Lavasoft | 
| Product name: | Search Protection | 
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\search protection\searchprotection.exe | 
| File version: | 2,0,5,00 | 
| Size: | 920.91 KB (943,016 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 6/4/2013 1:16 PM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Search Protection' → C:\ProgramData\Search Protection\SearchProtection.exe
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00018188% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007282% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00010905% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 574,949 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 9,782,198/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 11.02 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 10.02 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 2.71 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 11.02 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 106.48 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 121.89 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 7.81 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 10.59 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 12,937/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 1.83 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 590 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 119/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 6 |  | 
| Handles: | 222 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 32 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 34 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 18 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 19 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\ProgramData\search protection\searchprotection.exe" | 
| Owner: | User | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 75.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 25.00% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of Search Protection.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Acer | 66.67% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 33.33% |  |