Avira Professional Security

Avira Professional Security

by Avira GmbH

What is Avira Professional Security?

Avira Professional Security is software application developed by Avira GmbH. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 65.45% of installations running this operating system. Avira Professional Security's installer is typically 104.00 KB in size and installs around 62 files. The most common release is 12.1.9.1580 with 23.58% of all installations currently using this version.

Avira Professional Security is most popular in Germany with 23.49% of installations residing in this country.

Avira Professional Security adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Avira Professional Security is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • avguard.exe runs as a service named 'Avira Real-Time Protection' (AntiVirService) "Offers permanent protection against viruses and malware with the Avira search engine.".
  • avfwsvc.exe runs as a service named 'Avira FireWall' (AntiVirFirewallService) "Offers permanent protection against network attacks".
Firewall:
  • avguard.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avguard.exe'.
  • avcenter.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avcenter.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • avcenter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DD1501CA-7AA4-49A4-8E34-2BA5D5E8FF23}' (runs on registration).
  • avconfig.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CD5D2A25-9B5A-4A97-9995-4162792A0404}' (runs on registration).
  • avadmin.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B79E2B87-8561-4424-9213-5BDC2FC335E1}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • avgnt.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named avgnt.
  • avcenter.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Start Avira Free Antivirus.
Registry entries:
  • avgnt.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'avgnt' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avgnt.exe" /min.
  • avguard.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'avguard.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avguard.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.avira.com/en/for-business-avira-professional-security
Support:
https://www.avira.de/professional-support
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\SETUP.EXE /REMOVE
Size:
104.00 KB
Language:
English

Avira Professional Security Executable Details

Primary executable:
avcenter.exe
Name:
Avira Professional Security
Path:
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avcenter.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Avira Professional Security
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
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DLL
434049e557861645fa160f3035025f51
DLL
6a9692792befc27b06b763342b74bb6d
DLL
7954ec74667d298db411d9e57401f8ca
DLL
b6b495a0263138d3e2f06441b35ea4dd
DLL
39050a12a2efbec944c3585374898e54
DLL
50ac979e18fd25fd03da7b5b8628ce07
DLL
dbbd35226f72297736443ab5fcd3d4cd
DLL
cd7b65e600b8ebc91b292c1ac9ec1215
DLL
38f43304545da5b9dc34aae03904959b