protectionutilsurrogate.exe

Symantec AntiVirus by Symantec Corporation (Signed)

Remove protectionutilsurrogate.exe
Version:   11.0.6200.513
MD5:   f134e353039c77be2f699ac52562b1be
SHA1:   83b72707a3841faa5a41efac7759936ad960cc6d
SHA256:   8606fc54eafadd66816db790df0f85c8f0dcf3844ceb20a8129d0c4e19de3a26

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). This is typically installed with the program Symantec Endpoint Protection published by Symantec 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:11.0.6200.513
Size:49.36 KB (50,544 bytes)
Build date:11/8/2010 8:24 PM
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

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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:0.00022896%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00013160%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00009737%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:18,642 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,337,821/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:30/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.09 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):6.79 MB
Private (minimum):4.09 MB
Non-paged memory:4.09 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:97.57 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):101.57 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.4 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):13.05 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:331,596/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:19.3 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:13 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:365/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:8
12
Handles:319
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:10
142
GUI USER count:6
49
GUI USER peak:7
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
 
wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.02408814%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.01412813%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00996001%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,970,341/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:4/sec
79/sec
Memory:252 KB
1.16 MB
ProtectionUtilSurrogate.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00003836%
Kernel CPU:0.00001279%
User CPU:0.00002557%
CPU cycles:107,438/sec
Memory:44 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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