Avast Free Antivirus

Avast Free Antivirus

by AVAST Software

What is Avast Free Antivirus?

Avast Free Antivirus is software application developed by AVAST Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 48.89% of installations running this operating system. Avast Free Antivirus's installer is typically 171.00 MB in size and installs around 189 files. The most common release is 12.3.2280 with 6.83% of all installations currently using this version.

Avast Free Antivirus is most popular in the United States with 39.80% of installations residing in this country.

Avast Free Antivirus adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Avast Free Antivirus is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • ashUpd.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\ashUpd.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • ashUpd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Update Avast Database' (runs daily at 1:00 AM).
  • ashQuick.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Avast Scan' (runs weekly on Fridays at 8:00 PM).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.avast.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\Setup\Instup.exe /control_panel /instoC:uninstall
Size:
171.00 MB
Language:
English

Avast Free Antivirus Executable Details

Primary executable:
AvastUI.exe
Name:
Avast Free Antivirus
Path:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Avast Free Antivirus
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
f94e87d6a8b3a12491b17f0d399c01a2
DLL
471fc512ca72510b00c1a55aa13ad78e
DLL
912fe5901c0ec39ec4e692f68467fafc
DLL
130e90fa987b7a9e80471787704ad069
EXE
17f9bf3266eb01e2497ccd3e99bcadc2
EXE
64fa653d6e2a7a3cb823dad154ec84a8
DLL
7cff9ae388194b48299b052f4f123ccc
DLL
883062c7adb3f8ce9515abf1241486b7
DLL
a8583cdf7dcc8526b7b7db11f7af1f02
DLL
3d87badd70b531befd260c5ff6578e47