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
ba7c05099ff2520aed86aa8d7f266915
DLL
bc5a0352d6586086bfdcf4dd064898ca
DLL
7039050fe796b7941db3b9231097c820
DLL
743fa56b1ebb95ae2095077830b87682
DLL
ec34aeffe838a7b9d5c2b73e11579041
DLL
3a2daadd49760c5f1e20f4980bf4aa3c
DLL
9dd2a0ba56464805231d2b1e91dabaa0
DLL
cb80acf75b2281e6678ecd5a13f341a5
DLL
8b5fada6f13245920e11a7078d640605
DLL
6cc0b653c4fe21e66a397cf5cd292be6