Estimated safety rating

qqprotect.exe is a program which is most likely legit. So, if qqprotect.exe is on your PC, it is most likely ok, and will NOT cause problems. Even if your PC is virus-free, it is still recommended to run a well-known antivirus with a good detection rate, in order to defend your system against potential security problems.

Executable file path

Usually, this program is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Tencent\QQProtect\Bin\QQProtect.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 95e3882994476d5a2aebaea3ec2c35c8.

Is running as a service

This application is set up 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 perform useful features to other applications or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs as a 32-bit program. It does not use the entire set of features of nowadays' computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description extracted from the file is QQ??????.

File version

File version 4.3.0.7811.

Manufacturer

Maker Tencent.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice Copyright (C) 1999-2016 Tencent All Rights Reserved.

Digitally signed

qqprotect.exe is digitally signed. Today the large majority of serious programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

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

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Tencent Technology(Shenzhen) Company Limited

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA

Can be uninstalled

This application does NOT have an uninstall command set up in registry.