avast! Internet Security

avast! Internet Security

by AVAST Software

What is avast! Internet Security?

avast! Internet Security is software application developed by AVAST Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 65.97% of installations running this operating system. avast! Internet Security's installer is typically 509.00 MB in size and installs around 181 files. The most common release is 9.0.2021 with 20.32% of all installations currently using this version.

avast! Internet Security is most popular in the United States with 37.21% of installations residing in this country.

avast! Internet Security adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • afwServ.exe runs as a service named 'Avast Firewall Service' (avast! Firewall) "Implements main functionality for avast! Firewall".
  • AvastSvc.exe runs as a service named 'avast! Antivirus' (avast! Antivirus) "Manages and implements avast! antivirus services for this computer. This includes the real-time shields, the virus chest and the scheduler.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • ashCmd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Scan auto avast' (runs daily at 20:00).
  • ashUpd.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BC69679F-A685-476D-A431-2221C8E17ECB}' (runs on registration).
  • ashQuick.exe is scheduled as a task named 'avast' (runs on boot).
  • AvastEmUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'avast! Emergency Update' (runs daily at 10:43).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • ashQuick.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named avast.
  • AvastEmUpdate.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named avast! Emergency Update.
Registry entries:
  • ashQuick.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ashQuick.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\ashQuick.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.avast.com/en-us/index
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswRunDll.exe "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\Setup\setiface.dll" RunSetup
Size:
509.00 MB
Language:
English

avast! Internet Security Executable Details

Primary executable:
AvastUI.exe
Name:
avast! Internet Security
Path:
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by avast! Internet Security
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
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DLL
423a41f5fa8609c176bfae35c704ddd1
DLL
5e18d02760c57b3a0dd293da60567d8a
DLL
ceee10a8b8a466ec019aded5f47a6733
DLL
c56cf1fc117f8c1753c394b678357f97
DLL
473f52375ca7e36bf2cce5bf30dacc2d
DLL
afab8e22db3b291dc38cecf5419346a0
DLL
01e5820a4dac5220478489321324466b
DLL
7afd010e73701424f3a0a43131d85dac
DLL
1f6a6f28501901dd38e986cb2da71e74