What is Avira Scout?

Avira Scout is software application developed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 78.90% of installations running this operating system. Avira Scout's installer is typically 563.00 KB in size and installs around 11 files. The most common release is 17.3.2987.2552 with 13.93% of all installations currently using this version.

Avira Scout is most popular in the United States with 39.23% of installations residing in this country.

Avira Scout adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • scout.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F2D32165-1D60-4E86-BD48-746946F88946}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • scout.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleChromeAutoLaunch_E7EE8309C7A00848C6BA30CF0DAB733A' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Avira\Scout\Application\scout.exe" --no-startup-window /prefetcC:5.
Registry entries (User):
  • scout.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #0' which loads as C:\Program Files\Avira\Scout\Application\scout.exe --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --restore-last-session --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\package cache\{3cc6cc67-d693-4af9-9320-241d34083394}
Uninstaller:
"C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Package Cache\{3cc6cc67-d693-4af9-9320-241d34083394}\Avira-Scout.exe" /uninstall
Size:
563.00 KB
Language:
English

Avira Scout Executable Details

Primary executable:
Avira-Scout.exe
Name:
Avira Scout
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\package cache\{3cc6cc67-d693-4af9-9320-241d34083394}\Avira-Scout.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Avira Scout
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
3845a1c233efb1f9f0c4c8ac02c67657