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:
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SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Avira Professional Security
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
avipc.dll
ced805d489ff65d7adcc22fd7d2c55ce
SYS
avipbb.sys
46ba7b3c62ca3fa73ae874862bbc972d
DLL
avinet.dll
a5dcaec4b02f4292a93b2971717777e7
EXE
avguard.exe
73d5adcb0061240d28f456e577f0250b
SYS
avgntflt.sys
a40c08c9e3eae622b3931b5695c88689
EXE
avgnt.exe
d8fbf54073f48a31e8c4d952bc706803
DLL
avgio.dll
81c0483ff5f06b60c7029d65ac01cf6c
DLL
avevtrc.dll
1d12d0b97d695e0c7ccc53b59e30c4b1
DLL
avevtlog.dll
72f31bc288eb0e7740c552408b2fdf2f
DLL
avesvcr.dll
ce6d189648bcb6dcafe2255468303b95