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
34f0d26a88e26e90b1c8895f47c9a449
EXE
3398db9685fe315bf7a689042edce0a4
SYS
aa63ddd55f620bf96f1114f3be3691c0
SYS
2427abf5319463b9b7df062c79967e9e
DLL
e33f0fe4f3fdca841f7ec7cb5f93248d
EXE
9f1b3eb9b3d29e898c4d4aa5613cdfb2
DLL
25191b975d670d80778bb7b6a0f378f8
EXE
119c906b5ab10da2f0bb0080b8c9ba0d
EXE
bffd07ce252d144d23447f2992fad3d1
DLL
de9a83707d22b87e3ee93867f597e575