Estimated safety rating

alg.exe is a program which is most likely NOT a virus or malware. So, if alg.exe is on your system, it is most likely ok, and will NOT be a cause for concern. Even if your system is clean, it is still recommended to purchase a well-known antivirus with a good detection rate, in order to defend your system against threats.

Executable file path

This program is normally found on disk in C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 2df4759ae499ceb7a4a81a50bed5d056.

Is running as a service

This program is registered as a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which provide useful features to other applications or to Windows in general.

Belongs to the operating system

alg.exe appears to have something to do with Windows SFC (System File Checker) or Windows File Protection.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs in 32-bit mode. It does not benefit of the entire power of nowadays' computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the authors did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description written in the file is Application Layer Gateway Service.

File version

File version 10.0.10586.0 (th2_release.151029-1700).

Manufacturer

Company name Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright

Legal copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

Digitally signed

alg.exe has a digital signature. Today the large majority of serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature extracted from alg.exe checks out perfectly. This is most likely a clean, ok program.

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Microsoft Windows

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011

Can be uninstalled

This program does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.