vprot.exe

By AVG Technologies (Signed)

Remove vprot.exe

Overview

There are 3 versions of vprot.exe in the wild, the latest version being . vprot.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 2.29 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to AVG Technologies by VeriSign. Numerous variations of vprot.exe have been installed with both AVG SafeGuard toolbar and AVG Security Toolbar. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 17.18 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 23.88 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.14 MB per minute for reads and 274.27 KB per minute for writes.

DetailsDetails

File name:vprot.exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\avg secure search\vprot.exe
Certificate
Issued to:AVG Technologies
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Saturday, March 23, 2013
Expiration date:Thursday, April 23, 2015

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of vprot.exe.)
AVG Technologies
  62% remove
The AVG SafeGuard toolbar is included in AVG Technologies’s family of security software, as a standalone program, and as a third party bundles. AVG Security Toolbar incluedes a link scanner that displ...
AVG Technologies
  51% remove
The AVG Security Toolbar is included in AVG Technologies’s family of security software, as a standalone program, and as a third party bundles. AVG Security Toolbar incluedes a link scanner that displa...

BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of vprot.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'vProt' → "C:\Program Files\AVG Secure Search\vprot.exe"

VersionsAll file variations of vprot.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
7d6901af39f984043dd45846afebfefb 98f4195c12474efdbfb989d08b68945afd0823f4 2.29 MB
24ffd6dae31d78e3b51c029fa43b55de 84b1f74e1b061c03b0b9b377ce8f029e22e2729b 2.29 MB
d106ac11e331ea57c22fee3fac9f79d2 bc729aa960f4373700412622d46aea20ea4bc6c9 2.29 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 53.57%
Windows 7 Ultimate 28.57%
Windows 7 Professional 7.14%
Windows 8 3.57%
Windows 7 Home Basic 3.57%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 3.57%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 46.43% of vprot.exe.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 22.22%
Acer 19.44%
Hewlett-Packard 16.67%
Lenovo 16.67%
Toshiba 16.67%
Dell 5.56%
GIGABYTE 2.78%
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