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
9b4977b53e2118b24743d4099f4f2a13
DLL
28bade8802d00e9eec8f9045a457ed74
DLL
d97b6650d15f1002b6148df9404b1ece
DLL
082fe91f686aa5185c302404abeb3635
DLL
9b6f29a878de1e5478510eea1223e699
DLL
7601e307497092e38bb0f8c42127c583
DLL
a8afb6e1de9bd31ee2ebd1591542ab87
DLL
0e3e4ca90f8529a2531f982fda37765d
DLL
136b73ab0ed6db7f7f6f443acf54b161
DLL
2e519c9f1852a343f8ae1a70e053374f