sched.exe
Avira Product Family by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)
Overview
sched.exe has 4 known versions, the most recent one is 14.0.4.620. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Avira Planificateur' with the name 'AntiVirSchedulerService' and described as “Service de commande des tâches de contrôle et mises à jour Avira Free Antivirus.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 427.57 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Avira Free Antivirus, Avira Internet Security and Avira Server Security have been observed as installing specific variations of sched.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0015% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 37.91 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 18.35 MB per minute for reads and 1.59 MB per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | sched.exe |
| Publisher: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Product name: | Avira Product Family |
| Description: | Antivirus Host Framework Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\sched.exe |
| Original name: | avguard.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | AntiVirSchedulerService |
| Display name: | Avira Planificateur |
| Description: | “Service de commande des tâches de contrôle et mises à jour Avira Free Antivirus.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Avira Product Family.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of sched.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'AntiVirSchedulerService' (Avira Planificateur)
All file variations of sched.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.95% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.68% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
13.16% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
10.53% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
10.53% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
5.26% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.26% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
2.63% |
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Distribution by country
Philippines installs about 26.32% of Avira Product Family.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
23.73% |
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| Toshiba |
20.34% |
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| Sony |
13.56% |
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| GIGABYTE |
10.17% |
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| Acer |
10.17% |
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| Compaq |
6.78% |
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| ASUS |
6.78% |
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| Dell |
3.39% |
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| Medion |
3.39% |
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| Samsung |
1.69% |
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