AVG Security Toolbar is the application that is installed when you execute the vprot.exe file. The process is connected with AVG’s LinkScanner feature, which scans results yielded by popular search engines. The file identifies which websites are safe for browsing, and which ones should be left alone, unvisited by the user. The process works on determining safe and unsafe websites before the user actually clicks on the link to enter the site. There is also a site rating that is displayed at the side of the website link, to provide users with information on how the site ranks in terms of safety and security for your PC. The process runs in a 64-bit platform. It is not a process that is required to run when you boot your PC. You can choose to enable the file only when you will be surfing the Internet, and when you will be looking for sites through search engines.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. vprot.exe. is used by AVG Security Toolbar, If you shut down vprot.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop vprot.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AVG Security Toolbar, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed vprot.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Security Toolbar, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if vprot.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that vprot.exe, belongs to, in this case AVG Security Toolbar