What is the "alg.exe" ? Variant 524948

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.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Application Layer Gateway Service
Version:: 5.1.2600.2180
MD5:: 379c7ac3ebcb636ecdb704e188a96a13
SHA1:: 432c15ce3eb962597b6805dcd103dae8e7334133
SHA256:: db651bd816d0f1ae7ea5d6e112da7170239432ef121a38f5f9e190927753c772
Size:: 44544
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
avast! Antivirus	2016-06-24 03:57:26
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-04-06 20:38:37
Baidu Antivirus	2016-02-26 16:19:16
360 Total Security	2015-12-26 02:25:30
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011	2015-06-25 18:53:54
Microsoft Security Essentials	2015-06-24 01:52:49
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2015	2015-05-13 21:46:09
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2013	2015-01-19 20:45:46
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.0	2014-12-10 15:48:58
AntiVir Desktop	2014-12-07 02:39:06

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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
SAFErating from user SD-564L for file C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
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