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No, this file is 100% safe to run.

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5, 0, 545, 0 28.57%
5, 0, 462, 0 14.29%
5, 0, 418, 0 14.29%
5, 0, 396, 0 14.29%
4, 8, 1367, 0 14.29%
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Import table
advapi32.dll
InitializeSecurityDescriptor, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl
ashbase.dll
_basCreateFriendFileName@16, _basGetErrorString@12, _basGetErrorType@4, _basFormatNumber@16, _basGetMoveFolder@0, _basFreeMoveFolder@4, _basChangeSubStr@16, _basGetComputerName@0, _notEvent@4, _basGetBaseLang@0, _basWriteProfileString@12, _basAdjustBuffer@12, _basTime2String@20, _basSubmitFile@32, _basGetProcAddress@8, _basCreatePath@16, _basA2U@12, _basLogEvent2@24, _basVPS2Label@28, _basFriendlyTaskName@8, _basGetLanguage@0, _basCreateURL@12, _basGetProfileInt@12, _basFreeLibrary@0, _basInitLibrary@4, _basGetPhysMemoryStatus@8, _basU2A@12, _basGetProfileString@20, _basNetAlert@16, _basValidatePath@8, _strDecode@12, _basResPwdCheck@4, _basSubmitFile@28, _basTime2String@16, _basWriteProfileStringA@12, _basFreeEngine@4, _basLoadEngine@0, _basVPS2Label@24, _basLogEvent@24, _basIsOS@4, _basErrorMessage@24, _basCreateFriendFileNameW@16, _basEncodeFileToSubmit@28, _basQuickSort@16, _basGetProfileStringA@20
aswcmnb.dll
fsGetAvastIntegrityPath, fsGetAvastLogPath, fsGetAvastReportPath, fsGetAvastTempFileName, fsGetAvastProgramPath
aswcmnbs.dll
fsGetAvastSumpPath, fsGetAvastTempFileName, fsIsCriticalSystemFile, fsGetAvastReportPath, fsGetDriveStrings, DSA_FileVerifyWithSigCompare, DSA_FileGetSig, fsGetAvastProgramPath
aswcmnis.dll
cyphSimpleCode
aswcmnos.dll
dep_strNormalToNewUnicode, dep_fsGetFileSize, dep_fsDeleteFile, dep_osIsWin2kOrBetter, dep_osIsValidAddress, dep_fsReadBR, dep_fsExistFileX, dep_fsEnableWow64FsRedirection, dep_fsDeleteFileX, dep_fsDeleteFileLaterX, dep_strCurrToNewUtf8, dep_fsOpenFileX, dep_fsGetFileSizeHandle, dep_fsReadFile, dep_fsCloseFile, dep_fsWriteFile, dep_strFreeString, dep_fsCopyFileX, dep_fsMoveFileX, dep_strUnicodeToNormalFlags, dep_secIsAdministrator
aswcmns.dll
strMatchesWildcards, DSA_FileVerify, DSA_FileGetSig, DSA_FileVerifyWithSigCompare, strReplaceCharacter, cyphSimpleCode, fsIsCriticalSystemFile
aswengldr.dll
avfilesScanClear, avworkClose, avfilesGetStatistics, avfilesGetStatisticsTest, avscanShowCleaner, avldrLoadEngineAuxModule, avfilesDeleteO, avfilesDeleteS, avfilesFileExistsExO, avfilesFileExistsExS, avfilesRepairO, avfilesScanResult, avfilesCreateObjectName, avfilesMoveO, avfilesMoveS, avfilesFreeObjectName, avfilesScanFileO, avfilesScanFile, avfilesDuplicateObjectName, avfilesScanRealMulti, avfilesScanAdd, avscanCheckPrivileges, avscanSetFindAllViruses, avscanSetScanProgressParams, avfilesGetObjectNameW, avfilesSetExclude, avldrGetEngineInformation, avscanSetPackerBombRanges, avscanSetImpersonification, avscanSetCrashCallback, avscanSetHeuristicsCallback, avscanSetPriority, avscanSetSensitivity, avscanSetPackersRestriction, avscanSetPackersCallback, avworkInitialize, avldrCloseModule, avldrLoadModule, avfilesFreeObjectNameBuffer, avldrCreateHandle, avfilesRepairS, avscanGetScanProgress, avscanSetFilePublisherChecking
aswlog.dll
logDebugA, _logFree@0, _logInitSessionsQuery@80, _logGetRow@4, _logCloseQuery@4, _logInit@8
aswproperty.dll
aswGetProviderPropertyInt, aswGetTaskPropertyInt, aswGetProviderProperty, aswGetTaskProperty, aswSetTaskProperty, aswPropertyFreeLibrary, aswPropertyInitLibrary, aswGetPropertyInt
kernel32.dll
GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, InterlockedCompareExchange, RaiseException, LoadLibraryA, InterlockedExchange, LocalAlloc, FileTimeToSystemTime, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, GetTimeFormatW, GetDateFormatW, GetLocalTime, WriteFile, SetFilePointer, ReadFile, GetFileSize, CreateFileW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetTempFileNameW, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, HeapAlloc, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetLogicalDriveStringsW, CloseHandle, ReleaseMutex, WaitForSingleObject, CreateMutexW, SetLastError, Sleep, CopyFileW, GetDriveTypeW, GetLogicalDrives, GetLastError, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryExW, GetProcAddress, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DisableThreadLibraryCalls, MultiByteToWideChar, DeleteFileW, FindNextFileW, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, FindFirstFileW, GetFileAttributesW, FindClose, ExitProcess, FindResourceA, LoadResource, SizeofResource, LoadLibraryExA, CopyFileA, SetErrorMode, GetFileAttributesA, GetDriveTypeA, CreateMutexA, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, GetLogicalDriveStringsA, CreateFileA, GetTimeFormatA, ExpandEnvironmentStringsA, DeviceIoControl, WideCharToMultiByte, GetPrivateProfileStringA, GetPrivateProfileIntA, FindFirstFileA, GetTempFileNameA, DeleteFileA, GetFileTime, FreeResource
msvcp71.dll
DllMain
msvcp90.dll
DllMain
msvcr71.dll
DllMain
msvcr90.dll
DllMain
ole32.dll
IIDFromString
rpcrt4.dll
NdrGetBuffer, NdrPointerFree, NdrConformantStringUnmarshall, NdrServerInitializeNew, NdrAllocate, I_RpcGetBuffer, RpcStringBindingParseW, RpcBindingToStringBindingW, RpcBindingServerFromClient, NdrConformantStringMarshall, NdrConvert, NdrSendReceive, NdrConformantArrayUnmarshall, NdrConformantStringBufferSize, RpcStringBindingComposeW, RpcBindingFromStringBindingW, RpcStringFreeW, RpcBindingFree, NdrFreeBuffer, NdrConformantArrayBufferSize, NdrClientInitializeNew, RpcRaiseException, NdrConformantArrayMarshall, RpcStringFreeA, RpcBindingFromStringBindingA, RpcStringBindingComposeA
user32.dll
wsprintfW, LoadStringW, GetSystemMetrics, LoadStringA, wsprintfA
Export table
_ARConstructListFromString@8
_ARConstructStringFromList@4
_FreeARList@4
_tskAddArea@8
_tskAddAreaEx@12
_tskAddAreaEx@16
_tskAddAreaR@8
_tskAddNetAlert@8
_tskAddResidentTaskProvider@16
_tskAdjustReportName@8
_tskAllocResultA@24
_tskAllocResultA@28
_tskAllocResultO@24
_tskAllocResultO@28
_tskAllocResultW@24
_tskAllocResultW@28
_tskARDeleteFile@12
_tskARDeleteFile@8
_tskBrowseForScanAreas@8
_tskCheckDefTasks@8
_tskCheckDeleteFile@12
_tskCheckResult@4
_tskCheckVPSTime@4
_tskClearResult@12
_tskClearResult@16
_tskConstructVirusInfoStringW@4
_tskCopyResult@4
_tskCopyResult@8
_tskCopyResultChangeName@12
_tskCopyResultChangeName@8
_tskCreateDefTasks@8
_tskCreateObjectCopy@16
_tskCreateReport@8
_tskCreateReportFileName@12
_tskCreateTaskSession@12
_tskDefTask@16
_tskDefTask@8
_tskDestructVirusInfoString@4
_tskDoAntiRootkitScan@16
_tskDoAntiRootkitScan@20
_tskExecData@16
_tskExecData@8
_tskExecData2@16
_tskExpandInteractive@4
_tskFileDelete@12
_tskFileDelete@16
_tskFileMove@12
_tskFileMove@16
_tskFileRepair@16
_tskFileRepair@20
_tskFileScan@12
_tskFileTrezor@12
_tskFileTrezor@16
_tskFreeActionContext@4
_tskFreeAntirootkit@4
_tskFreeAntirootkit@8
_tskFreeAreas@4
_tskFreeData@4
_tskFreeLibrary@0
_tskFreeNetAlert@4
_tskFreeResult@4
_tskFreeResult@8
_tskFreeResultFileName@12
_tskFreeResultFileName@16
_tskFriendlyTaskName@12
_tskFriendlyTaskName@20
_tskGetCrashCallback@0
_tskGetHeurCallback@0
_tskGetReportFileName@12
_tskGetResultFileName@16
_tskGetResultFileName@20
_tskGetVirusArray@8
_tskGetVirusDetails@12
_tskGetVirusURL@12
_tskGetVPSInfo@16
_tskGetVPSInfo@20
_tskGetVPSLabel@12
_tskGetVPSLabel@16
_tskInitActionContext@8
_tskInitLibrary@0
_tskInitLibrary@8
_tskInitResultA@32
_tskInitResultA@36
_tskInitResultO@32
_tskInitResultO@36
_tskInitResultW@32
_tskInitResultW@36
_tskLaunchCleaner@8
_tskLaunchSyncer@16
_tskLaunchSyncer@20
_tskLaunchSyncerWithRemediationServer@20
_tskLaunchSyncerWithRemediationServer@24
_tskLoadAntirootkit@0
_tskLoadAntirootkit@4
_tskLogEvent@16
_tskLogEvent@20
_tskLogResult@12
_tskLogStats@52
_tskPackerBits@8
_tskProcessAreas@20
_tskProcessAreas@28
_tskProcessData@16
_tskProcessData@8
_tskProcessNetAlert@16
_tskProcessResidentTask@20
_tskProcessShieldNetAlertAndReport@12
_tskProp2VA@12
_tskReleaseReport@4
_tskReloadResidentTaskProvider@20
_tskRemoveResidentTaskProvider@16
_tskRepairDisketteBootSector@16
_tskSaveResidentTask@16
_tskSaveResidentTaskProvider@20
_tskSetActions@12
_tskSetLongPropertyA@24
_tskSetLongPropertyW@24
_tskSetNetAlert@20
_tskSetScanAreas@12
_tskSetScanAreas@24
_tskUpdateStatistics@4
_tskVA2Prop@12
_tskVirusAction@4
_UpdateProgram@16
_UpdateVps@16

ashtask.dll

avast! Antivirus by ALWIL Software (Signed)

Remove ashtask.dll
Version:   5, 0, 418, 0
MD5:   1692c443a5e1ed01896f267d7b7a9648
SHA1:   e8f1dc52f41ae964783e86d2ef723f4cf48de108
SHA256:   f211c60e42fcb4eaaeaa9f55ee7e7219a1cbdc418ec051880c9e9ad6b0506b11

What is ashtask.dll?

Task Handling Module is part of Avast Antivirus, a kernel based certified antivirus engine with protection against well-known network worms and real-time protection against viruses and other malware threats. Scans files as they run on your computer to keep viruses from being able to execute. It includes streaming updates from the cloud in addition to daily virus database updates. Throughout the day, it streams updates to users.

About ashtask.dll (from ALWIL Software)

Avast Antivirus is for individuals or companies that want customizable computer security that will integrate easily with an existing firewall. It has all the features of Avast Free Antivirus, plus a c

DetailsDetails

File name:ashtask.dll
Publisher:ALWIL Software
Product name:avast! Antivirus
Description:Task Handling Module
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\alwil software\avast5\ashtask.dll
Original name:aswTask.dll
File version:5, 0, 418, 0
Product version:5, 0, 0, 0
Size:98.5 KB (100,864 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:ALWIL Software
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Monday, December 6, 2551
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0
.NET CLR:No
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The following programs will install this file
AVAST Software
9% remove
Avast! Free Antivirus is a full-featured antivirus and anti-spyware scanning and removal product that offers a web-reputation browser extension as well as virtualization technology. Accurate threat updates via Avast updates are delivered automatically using PUSH update technology.
AVAST Software
6% remove
MAGIX AG
10% remove
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Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 50.00%
Windows 8 Pro 16.67%
Windows 7 Home Premium 16.67%
Windows 7 Professional 16.67%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Thailand installs about 33.33% of avast! Antivirus .

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 50.00%
Hewlett-Packard 25.00%
Samsung 25.00%
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