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45% of PCs block this file from running.
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Performance resource utilization
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SearchProtection.exe
Search Protection by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
Version: | 2,0,2,00 |
MD5: | 3e88c19379d3ecbf8726571d8e8a9eb8 |
SHA1: | e824fbbe56f674a7869000789ce99bf442871d72 |
SHA256: | 994f9851742de74fcc93a93eae764cd8513e96721ea16e448ac5f6ff04f0bc2d |
Overview
searchprotection.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). 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
File name: | searchprotection.exe |
Publisher: | Lavasoft |
Product name: | Search Protection |
Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\search protection\searchprotection.exe |
File version: | 2,0,2,00 |
Size: | 920.41 KB (942,504 bytes) |
Build date: | 5/15/2013 4:11 PM |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
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
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00006942% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00005295% | |
User CPU: | 0.00001648% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 27,622,161,064 ms/min | |
Context switches: | 2,117/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 10.65 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 15.95 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 9.44 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 10.65 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 116.41 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 127.67 MB | |
Working set: | 15.91 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 15.95 MB | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 7 | |
Handles: | 159 | |
GUI GDI count: | 22 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 24 | |
GUI USER count: | 18 | |
GUI USER peak: | 18 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
75.00% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of Search Protection.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Acer |
66.67% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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