AVG Free

AVG Free

by AVG Technologies

What is AVG Free?

AVG Free is software application developed by AVG Technologies. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 54.30% of installations running this operating system. AVG Free's installer is typically 97.00 MB in size and installs around 86 files. The most common release is 9.0 with 75% of all installations currently using this version.

AVG Free is most popular in the United States with 45.59% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, AVG Free is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About AVG Free?

AVG Free 9.0 is a software program developed by AVG Technologies. Upon installation, the program establishes a startup registration point in Windows to automatically initiate when the PC is booted. It also adds a background controller service set to run automatically, as well as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. In addition, AVG Free 9.0 is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception to ensure uninterrupted connectivity. The software package typically includes around 93 files and has a size of approximately 97.59 MB (102,327,930 bytes). An analysis of user usage indicates that the majority of installations are on Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows XP operating systems. While 46% of users are based in the United States, a significant number of users also come from the United Kingdom and Italy.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • avgidsagent.exe runs as a service named 'AVGIDSAgent' (AVGIDSAgent) "La protezione dei dati personali contro i crimini informatici.".
Firewall:
  • avgwdsvc.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe'.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\setup.exe /UNINSTALL
Size:
97.00 MB
Language:
English

AVG Free Executable Details

Primary executable:
avglnga.dll
Name:
AVG Free
Path:
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avglnga.dll
MD5:
f17c40b7b906461d40fdc8fa4c892f7c
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by AVG Free
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
6045fd764ea16155a7e28895fb442940
DLL
58341b37f64e5e7f6d6d5717d1ed2460
DLL
ca0ab6db07477b4b2cf37b45e219673a
DLL
7c9b3ce5f952053e77279f4c5118f4fb
DLL
faddd4638e5048624ebe7a8b27952679
EXE
c47c18b75ec63c351715d9cec8760ba8
DLL
d1bb034c2e292b53b576f2547002daae
EXE
ea417cca842d49b4d9b314cd81b9b873
EXE
2714eff3cd8b860576b4d5a5350223d6
DLL
b6feb9bc0693bec4a3cd7366a8cf4153