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
1c3558f5a9ba204020bd3b16316f83f3
DLL
8d671abe5b9abe370b6183506c55099f
DLL
3c19366bb3ff5aafdf242903a2a7bf21
DLL
aebbcd56f205e487ff779df02a96ef7c
DLL
e3ef379ebf1589e3c6385bcb7bcef48a
DLL
0285d178c4882810381a71606c93a6ed
DLL
7f54cdae5635deef75061f09c12c5ce5
DLL
3f13f6097b6693a15eacbac3d083aa4b
EXE
cf478a5bfe2e06cb9f05d1dd85327141
DLL
04ac7d0eeaf0aa0ae5e7a8631b896ce3