What is the "alg.exe" ? Variant 875170

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:: 6.1.7600.16385
MD5:: 3290d6946b5e30e70414990574883ddb
SHA1:: be0144e3235ffde0787e9f1cd34c828ec87d8e19
SHA256:: 0e9294e1991572256b3cda6b031db9f39ca601385515ee59f1f601725b889663
Size:: 79360
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: High

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
360 Total Security	2016-09-07 22:13:22
avast! Antivirus	2016-09-07 21:13:45
Panda Free Antivirus	2016-09-07 20:24:51
McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware	2016-09-07 19:01:05
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-07 16:44:57
PC Matic Super Shield	2016-09-07 13:58:29
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-07 12:52:53
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection	2016-09-07 11:42:34
Kaspersky Total Security	2016-09-07 07:54:49

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

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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 Tony L. Requena for file C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe