Versions

8.0.1497.376	11.74%
8.0.1489.300	19.83%
8.0.1488.286	0.17%
8.0.1483.72	7.44%
8.0.1482.45	4.46%
7.0.1474.765	44.79%
7.0.1473.755	1.16%
7.0.1466.549	5.12%
7.0.1456.418	0.83%
7.0.1455.186	0.17%
7.0.1451.402	0.17%
7.0.1426.0	2.15%
7.0.1407.0	0.50%
6.0.1367.0	0.83%
6.0.1125.0	0.17%
6, 0, 999, 0	0.50%

Warning 4 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of AvastSvc.exe.

avastsvc.exe has 16 known versions, the most recent one is 8.0.1497.376. It is started as a Windows Service with the name 'avast! Antivirus' and described as “Manages and implements avast! antivirus services for this computer. This includes the resident protection, the virus chest and the scheduler.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). This is executed as a shared service (which simply means that this service can share a process with other Win32 services). The average file size is about 43.85 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to AVAST Software by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program avast! Free Antivirus from AVAST Software. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0082% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 48.73 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 62.97 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 21.87 MB per minute for reads and 493.73 KB per minute for writes.

avast! Service for Avast Antivirus is a full-featured antivirus and anti-spyware scanning and removal product. Avast offers a web-reputation browser extension as well as virtualization technology. Accurate threat updates via avast updates are delivered automatically using PUSH update technology in Avast! Antivirus.

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 4 of them detected the following malware.