Versions

18.1.7.644	0.85%
18.1.7.598	0.28%
18.0.5.292	0.28%
17.3.1.204	0.28%
17.1.2.1	0.28%
17.1.2.1	0.57%
17.1.0.27	0.28%
15.5.0.2	0.85%
15.4.0.5	0.28%
15.4.0.5	0.85%
15.3.0.11	3.69%
15.3.0.11	2.56%
15, 0, 0, 2	1.14%
14, 2, 0, 1	23.30%
14, 2, 0, 1	4.26%
14, 1, 0, 10	3.69%
14, 0, 3, 14	0.28%
14, 0, 2, 14	5.97%
14, 0, 2, 10	0.28%
14, 0, 0, 13	0.28%
14, 0, 0, 12	0.85%
14, 0, 0, 12	0.28%
13, 3, 0, 17	7.95%
13, 2, 0, 5	31.53%
13, 2, 0, 4	4.26%
13, 2, 0, 3	0.85%
12, 2, 5, 34	0.85%
12, 2, 5, 32	2.56%
11, 1, 0, 12	0.28%
9, 0, 0, 18	0.28%

There are 30 versions of vprot.exe in the wild, the latest version being 18.1.7.644. 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 1.52 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 Security Toolbar and AVG SafeGuard toolbar. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 13.57 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 19.27 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 19.56 KB per minute for reads and 16.09 KB per minute for writes.

The AVG Security Toolbar is a tool which works together with the LinkScanner component and checks search results of the supported Internet search engines (Yahoo!, Google, Yandex, Bing, Baidu). If you select to install the toolbar during the installation of AVG Free, it will be added into your Internet Explorer. AVG Security Toolbar contains also a Yahoo! search box, which is an integral part of the toolbar and can not be removed separately.