What is Backup Assistant Plus?

Backup Assistant Plus is software application developed by Verizon. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 77.30% of installations running this operating system. Backup Assistant Plus's installer is typically 181.00 MB in size and installs around 13 files.

Backup Assistant Plus is most popular in the United States with 99.60% of installations residing in this country.

Backup Assistant Plus 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, Backup Assistant Plus is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

verizon.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Backup Assistant Plus\verizon.exe'.
V CAST Backup Scheduler.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Backup Assistant Plus\V CAST Backup Scheduler.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

verizon.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EA996344-A1E4-41AC-B4F6-0371D446E738}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

V CAST Backup Scheduler.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'HLBackupScheduler' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Backup Assistant Plus\V CAST Backup Scheduler.exe".

Software Details

URL:

https://www.verizon.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Backup Assistant Plus

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\Backup Assistant Plus\uninstaller.exe

Size:

181.00 MB

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