Should I block it?

45%
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

2,0,5,00 75.00%
2,0,2,00 25.00%

SearchProtection.exe

Search Protection by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)

Remove SearchProtection.exe
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).

DetailsDetails

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

BehaviorsBehaviors

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

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00018188%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00007282%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00010905%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:574,949 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:9,782,198/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:11.02 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):10.02 MB
Private (minimum):2.71 MB
Non-paged memory:11.02 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:106.48 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):121.89 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.81 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):10.59 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:12,937/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:1.83 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:590 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:119/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:222
600
GUI GDI count:32
103
GUI GDI peak:34
142
GUI USER count:18
49
GUI USER peak:19
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\ProgramData\search protection\searchprotection.exe"
Owner:User

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 75.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 75.00% of Search Protection.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 66.67%
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
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