What is Google+ Auto Backup?

Google+ Auto Backup is software application developed by Google Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 67.30% of installations running this operating system. Google+ Auto Backup's installer is typically 0.90 MB in size and installs around 242 files. The most common release is 1.0.21.81 with 91.37% of all installations currently using this version.

Google+ Auto Backup is most popular in the United States with 42.22% of installations residing in this country.

Google+ Auto Backup 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, Google+ Auto Backup is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

skypec2cpnrsvc.exe runs as a service named 'c2cpnrsvc' (c2cpnrsvc) "Provides phone number recognition services.".
skypec2cautoupdatesvc.exe runs as a service named 'c2cautoupdatesvc' (c2cautoupdatesvc) "Downloads and installs product updates.".

Firewall:

googledrivesync.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe'.
facebookvideocalling.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Facebook\Video\Skype\FacebookVideoCalling.exe'.
tbnotifier.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\Updater\TBNotifier.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

googledrivesync.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7280C103-22D5-4BD8-909B-B903441EDFB3}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

googledrivesync.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named GoogleDriveSync_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-439931546-3995895208-2152565452-1001.
tbnotifier.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ApnTBMon.

Registry entries:

googledrivesync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleDriveSync' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe" /autostart.
google+ auto backup.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Google+ Auto Backup' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Google\Google+ Auto Backup\Google+ Auto Backup.exe" /autostart.

Software Details

URL:

https://support.google.com/plus/?p=gpautobackup

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\google\google+ auto backup\runtime

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{F38DC282-11BE-45D8-8754-D3D40F3D7FBE}

Size:

0.90 MB

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