What is the "alg.exe" ? Variant 4148028

Our database contains 1385 different files for filename alg.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the alg.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name alg.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Application Layer Gateway Service. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process alg.exe.

alg.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Application Layer Gateway Service
Version:
5.2.3790.1830
MD5:
2d21ff6d4cd30e679f1a294d5ba3d97b
SHA1:
95fabb22bc04dd48256baf721dcbba03283caa6a
SHA256:
9202a43243e48cdf1274a63d09fac5591835d59f488f06c811d47a8df965391f
Size:
75776
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows Server 2003
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
COMODO Antivirus2016-07-12 15:26:23
AVG Internet Security 20152016-06-19 05:27:38
Ad-Aware Antivirus2016-06-19 05:27:38
avast! Antivirus2016-05-23 13:11:09
AVG AntiVirus 20152016-05-22 11:59:38
Symantec Endpoint Protection2016-04-29 09:46:09
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-04-02 21:55:27
Kaspersky Free2016-03-01 06:30:38
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Is the Process "alg.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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User Reviews of the "alg.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (Variant: 21755076)

    This executable is the Application Layer Gateway Service from Microsoft Corporation :
    "This subcomponent of the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) / Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) service provides support for independent software vendors (ISVs) to write protocol plug-ins that allow their proprietary network protocols to pass through the firewall and work behind ICS."
    More info can be found on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783418(WS.10).aspx