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
DLL
7ebd87a09658779205891d08f37ab234
DLL
3ced666bc61431dcd928e03ed4abcaea
DLL
b57fd7dd0faf85f737dc3d483a9d63bb
DLL
1ba6666ed0c7b576088a36e911199033
EXE
3745c91dc8a01cd2fd81cd8793eabf6e
DLL
3211e20da6c5ebe28cf7e4c3a55278e4
DLL
c5164f0e10aaa9f38e90036fe9f3e99f
EXE
be908c0b991f8f88718c27f9e4152557
DLL
95884e0e8eae21f7df7a8916a7e058cf
DLL
e4b7e7985cb75de4e48e96d35a0dbf97