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
avesvc.dll
626171393e853a4ee200d5310a00b651
DLL
avconfigrc.dll
f6ba4d7a6f68084c8412f5bdac2ca10c
EXE
avconfig.exe
b743be91a4bf0672cb02ba7432a1fc55
DLL
avconfig.dll
6fa6577a503a6cafca04db3605217dd6
EXE
avcenter.exe
3d7e5b9f3aef16880b35f1f1ad1c8ed9
DLL
avbb.dll
d65d0cc5cf847a025bb5d0fdc9403f58
DLL
avarkt.dll
9e1b3504d17dfc155055bbae84180fa4
EXE
avadmin.exe
dbcf08cc7c0758aa8e635d454cf57b91
DLL
avacl.dll
ad62a89423e82dc99a97ecbc86ccd21b
DLL
apcfile.dll
4b96bae26a9c722f42f4192ca94ab05b