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What is vptray.exe? Norton AntiVirus?

Vendor:      Symantec Corporation
Product:     AntiVirus
Vendor Website:      http://www.symantec.com
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: VPTray.exe is part of Norton Antivirus, shows the tray icon for controlling AV options.

vptray.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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vptray.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.26%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
vptray.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xeb4caf48452a80c11bc513c35e586c8b 12/24/2016 7:36:00 AM Unknown 10.1.0.394 Norton AntiVirus 121 KB
2 Status 0x98b253f95b978880664dd5533f856f56 7/15/2016 11:53:00 PM Unknown 8.00.00.9378 Norton AntiVirus 76 KB
3 Status 0xa1307c939e5216317e363d06a5473c7d 4/5/2016 5:20:00 PM Unknown 10.1.5.5000 Norton AntiVirus 122 KB
4 Status 0x77e76ed4d6f416b2fc818306dbb4d751 2/20/2016 4:59:00 AM Unknown 10.1.5.5001 Norton AntiVirus 122 KB
5 Status 0xe66a0694af5ad95622dece1ad6d331ad 12/10/2015 7:07:00 PM Unknown 10.2.0.298 Norton AntiVirus 131 KB
6 Status 0x62f305095a75fb319d1d91da9d4083e6 11/27/2015 2:55:00 PM Unknown 10.2.0.276 Norton AntiVirus 131 KB
7 Status 0x44dfff9a175d8765ad9a2fd6ba9a1f43 8/27/2015 12:12:00 PM Unknown 10.1.0.396 Norton AntiVirus 121 KB
8 Status 0xcb39ff6e60a7b3ef4917b1e3b8c69aac 5/11/2015 8:33:00 AM Unknown 10.2.0.224 Norton AntiVirus 131 KB
9 Status 0x779b4b7e34509424510065f34cfa615d 4/29/2015 8:52:00 PM Unknown 8.1.1.314 Norton AntiVirus 88 KB
10 Status 0xac5c9722233b07c8196f0d5d0fd85c21 2/19/2015 9:58:00 PM Unknown 10.1.4.4000 Norton AntiVirus 121 KB
11 Status 0x22b7511a09b05045f085fa919b6e8c48 1/15/2015 3:13:00 PM Unknown 7.61.00.935 Norton AntiVirus 72 KB
12 Status 0x8887cb85d3d70ed24e6d0e36469b88c9 12/26/2014 7:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 122 KB
13 Status 0xadda7e3b068ed40d04929e9f297ce40a 11/22/2014 5:11:00 PM Unknown 10.0.2.2002 Norton AntiVirus 83 KB
14 Status 0xaae5ec9b74d7f52de935500037572e55 11/10/2014 11:15:00 PM Unknown Norton AntiVirus 48 KB
15 Status 0x2c2c5c662e71a1ebec6569bd05911237 10/12/2014 6:37:00 PM Unknown 8.00.00.9374 Norton AntiVirus 76 KB
16 Status 0xdc182828bc8b2053646ab1608ebf64c3 9/30/2014 7:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 122 KB
17 Status 0x0c66a89163a726b6da0548d65e990363 9/20/2014 5:56:00 PM Unknown 10.0.2.2000 Norton AntiVirus 83 KB
18 Status 0x78e501d932b2721f0e074886a31af0ba 9/18/2014 10:02:00 AM Unknown 10.0.1.1000 Norton AntiVirus 83 KB
19 Status 0x1b5036466136a1451bdba17b6aebecb3 8/16/2014 4:09:00 PM Unknown 10.0.0.359 Norton AntiVirus 83 KB
20 Status 0x67a072614dcc5aaaa492f161935fad3c 12/27/2012 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 83 KB
21 Status 0x7385eaed0d93efadb9e2fc135c8edc94 2/7/2012 2:53:00 PM Unknown 10.1.4.4010 Norton AntiVirus 121 KB
22 Status 0x1884290cadfe1143cac72f01ebabcc18 2/5/2012 5:39:00 PM Unknown 10.1.6.6010 Norton AntiVirus 122 KB
23 Status 0x4279e452e99a4f044ce37f03d57fa612 2/5/2012 3:23:00 AM Unknown 10.1.6.6000 Norton AntiVirus 122 KB
24 Status 0x5972a3384ebceaeb99f4216e77ebed59 2/4/2012 12:18:00 AM Unknown 9.0.0.338 Norton AntiVirus 121 KB
25 Status 0x84ecadfa3c9a62768c6711a3fd8991bd 2/2/2012 11:43:00 PM Unknown 10.1.7.7000 Norton AntiVirus 122 KB


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