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
EXE
e3f559b3fcc0e3a74a9425aa6b242f47
DLL
34ffed6d20c5c1ad73c6e1ca53513a99
DLL
69f172f89313c9c07dc724baa96fcb88
EXE
f94e87d6a8b3a12491b17f0d399c01a2
DLL
471fc512ca72510b00c1a55aa13ad78e
DLL
912fe5901c0ec39ec4e692f68467fafc
DLL
130e90fa987b7a9e80471787704ad069
EXE
17f9bf3266eb01e2497ccd3e99bcadc2
EXE
64fa653d6e2a7a3cb823dad154ec84a8
DLL
7cff9ae388194b48299b052f4f123ccc