avgnt.exe
Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)
Overview
There are 32 versions of avgnt.exe in the wild, the latest version being 13.6.20.2100. avgnt.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. 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 349.95 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 8.86 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 17.74 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 367.83 KB per minute for reads and 559 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is avgnt.exe?
Avira System Tray Tool. This edition of Avira Antivirus is free of charge and 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 PC for malware in order to remove them. It updates its virus definitions automatically everyday by default using the Internet.
About avgnt.exe (from Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG)
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 Details
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| File name: | avgnt.exe |
| Publisher: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Product name: | Avira Free Antivirus |
| Description: | Avira System Tray Tool |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avgnt.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, July 20, 2014 |
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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 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
35.48% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
27.74% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.13% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.61% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.58% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.94% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.29% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.29% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.29% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.65% |
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Distribution by country
Malaysia installs about 13.73% of Avira Free Antivirus.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
26.56% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.31% |
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| Toshiba |
12.50% |
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| Intel |
9.38% |
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| Acer |
7.03% |
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| Lenovo |
6.25% |
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| Dell |
6.25% |
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| Compaq |
3.13% |
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| Sahara |
3.13% |
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| Samsung |
1.56% |
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| MSI |
1.56% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.56% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.78% |
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