protectionutilsurrogate.exe

Symantec AntiVirus by Symantec Corporation (Signed)

Remove protectionutilsurrogate.exe
Version:   11.0.6070.422
MD5:   787e0404cb26116f8cc46e3219558030
SHA1:   08e075f358ccd2e26be2502f30c3bcc053251e1d
SHA256:   da567cc5bc3bf052e86a5890023a1a592e38f4ddb5d7019139699ea72a9b1566

Overview

protectionutilsurrogate.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 installed with a couple of know programs including Symantec Endpoint Protection published by Symantec Corporation and Approach published by Lotus Development Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:protectionutilsurrogate.exe
Publisher:Symantec Corporation
Product name:Symantec AntiVirus
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\protectionutilsurrogate.exe
File version:11.0.6070.422
Size:49.36 KB (50,544 bytes)
Build date:4/23/2010 12:17 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Symantec Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Expiration date:Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Lotus Development Corporation
9% remove
Symantec Corporation
9% remove
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00002885%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00001128%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00001757%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:140 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:235,531/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.34 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.14 MB
Private (minimum):2.04 MB
Non-paged memory:3.34 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:89.72 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):95.63 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.25 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):10.74 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:7,412/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:9 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:2 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:228
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:10
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:6
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\protectionutilsurrogate.exe" {ee68eafc-bf28-4017-8a92-d17dacf0b459} -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ProtectionUtilSurrogate.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00006034%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00001006%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00005029%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:220,474/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:44 KB
1.16 MB
wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00004023%
Kernel CPU:0.00002514%
User CPU:0.00001509%
CPU cycles:2,674/sec
Memory:252 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.00%
Windows 7 Enterprise 25.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.00%
Windows Vista Ultimate 25.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 100.00% of Symantec AntiVirus.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Lenovo 40.00%
Dell 40.00%
Acer 20.00%
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