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
c4d58778646de901d531113291fb59b5
DLL
6488f3d2b3dc1ab9b6e31912acde6749
DLL
f337cdcd978e95157598e2e0672f964b
DLL
cc8a4fe6a89b3446095480b75aafb3f1
DLL
23a3a1742dd2041c1687a88998a489c3
DLL
3e35adf19498dc9fe1c5f5873bab4d31
DLL
21da43aff8b77a5008455a9df447d264
DLL
aaa82fd6c6222b9533520e326c6c651b
EXE
c569e7f268c43d6c9c4d74ee2f06ccd8
DLL
41a02a4734592e608888187a9e90c249