Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

10.0.0.1295	42.86%
9.0.0.832	57.14%

Relationships

Parent process

avgwdsvc.exe (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RevertToSelf, ImpersonateNamedPipeClient

kernel32.dll

FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryW, GetLastError, QueryPerformanceCounter, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetStartupInfoW, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, GetDriveTypeW, QueryDosDeviceW, CreateProcessW, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetOverlappedResult, CancelIo, SetEndOfFile, UnmapViewOfFile, MapViewOfFile, SetFilePointer, CreateFileMappingW, GetFileSize, GetCurrentDirectoryW, SetFileAttributesW, CreateDirectoryW, DeleteFileW, GetTempPathW, GetFileAttributesW, GetComputerNameW, GetVersionExW, GetSystemInfo, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetCurrentProcessId, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, GetWindowsDirectoryW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetModuleHandleW, GetCurrentThreadId, LoadLibraryA, GetCurrentProcess, GetExitCodeThread, GetModuleHandleA, WaitForSingleObject, WaitForMultipleObjects, SetEvent, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedCompareExchange, InterlockedExchange, Sleep, GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, CompareStringW, GetSystemDefaultLCID, LocalAlloc, LocalFree, FlushFileBuffers, ConnectNamedPipe, CloseHandle, CreateNamedPipeW, WaitNamedPipeW, WriteFile, SetNamedPipeHandleState, ReadFile, CreateFileW, DisconnectNamedPipe, SetLastError, ReleaseMutex, CreateMutexW, ResetEvent, CreateEventW

msvcr80.dll

DllMain

avgam.exe

AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies (Signed)

Remove avgam.exe

Version:	9.0.0.832
MD5:	3c23ae0b05df45ce256e94d6f5cedf50
SHA1:	d154a37126185cf0c5989df70f3873989c948207
SHA256:	59e72edc49cee7085fb675ddeee1b28e467b594fd21ffcfbb4074bf4c3ebb2e1

What is avgam.exe?

AVG Alert Manager - Antivirus and Antispyware protection, plus the full AVG LinkScanner safe search and surf technology.

About avgam.exe (from AVG Technologies)

“New and improved AVG Internet Security 2010 offers real-time protection when surfing, shopping, banking and social networking. You'll also enjoy worry-free downloading, an enhanced firewall, and one o”

Details

File name:	avgam.exe
Publisher:	AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Product name:	AVG Internet Security
Description:	AVG Alert Manager
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\avg\avg10\avgam.exe
File version:	9.0.0.832
Size:	822.84 KB (842,592 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	AVG Technologies
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Expiration date:	Monday, March 5, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
Entropy:	6.446696
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

AVG

AVG Technologies

8% remove

“AVG AntiVirus goes beyond simply detecting and removing viruses on your PC. It also delivers great preventative protection that blocks infected links and files as you surf, checking everything before you click through. ”

Behaviors

Windows firewall allowed programs

Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections

Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgam.exe'
Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgam.exe'
Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgam.exe'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00106941%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00057627%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00049313%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	83,773,083 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	281,266/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	5.01 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	2.18 MB
Private (minimum):	296 KB
Non-paged memory:	5.01 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	55.86 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	61.22 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1.68 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	10.05 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	294,967/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	15.36 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	82/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	1.33 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	18/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	61 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	14/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	16	12
Handles:	338	600
GUI GDI count:	4	103
GUI USER count:	1	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\avg\avg9\avgam.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Parent process:	avgwdsvc.exe (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies)

Threads

Averages

avgam.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00102300%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00038235%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00064065%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	20,388/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	836 KB	1.16 MB
MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:	0.00082312%
Kernel CPU:	0.00040199%
User CPU:	0.00042113%
CPU cycles:	18,560/sec
Memory:	620 KB
avgidpsdkx.dll (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o)
Total CPU:	0.00008610%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000953%
User CPU:	0.00007657%
CPU cycles:	11,428/sec
Memory:	2.52 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Microsoft Windows XP	57.14%
Windows 7 Ultimate	28.57%
Windows XP Professional	14.29%

Distribution by country

Peru installs about 33.33% of AVG Internet Security.

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