What is AVG?

AVG is software application developed by AVG Technologies. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 58.90% of installations running this operating system. AVG's installer is typically 117.00 MB in size and installs around 145 files. The most common release is 3514 with 25.9% of all installations currently using this version.

AVG is most popular in the United States with 46.69% of installations residing in this country.

AVG adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, AVG is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About AVG?

AVG 9.0 is a software program developed by AVG Technologies. Upon installation, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when the user boots the PC. It also adds a Windows Service which runs continuously in the background. Manual stopping of the service may cause the program to stop functioning properly. The software also includes a background controller service that is set to automatically run, with the option to delay its start using the service manager. Additionally, it adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer and is designed to connect to the Internet, adding a Windows Firewall exception to do so without interference. Furthermore, it adds a context menu handler to the Windows shell to provide quick access to the program. The main executable of the program is avgam.exe, which consumes an average CPU of less than one percent and utilizes about 5.01 MB of memory. The setup package typically installs about 106 files and is around 95.35 MB in size. The majority of users who have this program installed are running Windows 7 (SP1). While about 36% of users are from the United States, it is also popular in Italy and the United Kingdom.

Software Behaviors

Services:

avgsvcx.exe runs as a service named 'AVG Service' (avgsvc) "AVG Service".

Firewall:

avgwdsvc.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

avguirnx.exe is scheduled as a task named 'AvgUi_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

avguirnx.exe.old0.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 5.
avguix.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named AvgUi.
avguirna.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 5.
avguirnx.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
avguirna.exe.old0.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named AvgUi_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.

Registry entries:

avguix.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AvgUi' and executes as C:\Program Files\AVG\Framework\Common\avguix.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.avg.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\avg\framework\common

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\AVG\Setup\avgsetupx.exe /mode=offline /uninstall=zen

Size:

117.00 MB

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