What is ASUS Security Protect Manager?

ASUS Security Protect Manager is software application developed by ASUS. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 75.54% of installations running this operating system. ASUS Security Protect Manager's installer is typically 18.00 MB in size and installs around 74 files. The most common release is 2.1.0.880.20 with 63.95% of all installations currently using this version.

ASUS Security Protect Manager is most popular in the United States with 13.07% of installations residing in this country.

ASUS Security Protect Manager adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, ASUS Security Protect Manager is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About ASUS Security Protect Manager?

ASUS Security Protect Manager enhances system security by implementing Multifactor Authentication Policy. With this software, system administrators can easily assign multifactor authentication policies to both users and administrators. These policies specify the required authentication methods and credentials for system and ASUS Security Protect Manager logins, such as password, TPM password, fingerprint, smart card, or virtual token. Administrators have the flexibility to enforce single or multiple authentication methods or allow users to choose from a predefined list of authentication methods.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

asghost.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\IAM\Bin\asghost.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

ASRunDll.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SpeedyPC Registration3' (runs daily at 18:00).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

ASRunDll.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'uprkr' and executes as rundll32.exe ",RetrieveKey.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.asus.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\ASUS Security Center\ASUS Security Protect Manager\

Uninstaller:

rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files\ASUS Security Center\ASUS Security Protect Manager\Bin\SetupHelper.dll",ExecMain /Uninstall {D8D4AF9A-6ADE-4B14-A7F5-BA

Size:

18.00 MB

Language:

English

ASUS Security Protect Manager Executable Details

Primary executable:

Settings.dll

Name:

ASUS Security Protect Manager

Path:

C:\Program Files\ASUS Security Center\ASUS Security Protect Manager\Settings.dll

MD5: