avgnt.exe
AntiVir Desktop by Avira GmbH (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of avgnt.exe in the wild, the latest version being 10.00.13.18. avgnt.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 261.18 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Avira GmbH by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 5.75 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 21.08 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.51 MB per minute for reads and 217 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is avgnt.exe?
Antivirus System Tray Tool for Avira Antivirus runs as a background process which checks every file opened or downloaded. Like many antivirus programs, it can run a full or custom scan to check the computer for malware in order to remove them. It updates its virus definitions automatically everyday by default using the Internet.
About avgnt.exe (from Avira GmbH)
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 Details
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| File name: | avgnt.exe |
| Publisher: | Avira GmbH |
| Product name: | AntiVir Desktop |
| Description: | Antivirus System Tray Tool |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avgnt.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Avira GmbH |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, February 11, 2012 |
Programs installed in
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of avgnt.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'avgnt' → "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avgnt.exe" /min
All file variations of avgnt.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
40.91% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
36.36% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
9.09% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.55% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
4.55% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
4.55% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 23.81% of AntiVir Desktop.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Compaq |
26.67% |
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| Dell |
26.67% |
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| Acer |
20.00% |
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| American Megatrends |
13.33% |
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| ASUS |
13.33% |
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