Versions

1.2.1.8700	12.50%
1.2.1.8000	12.50%
1.2.1.8000	25.00%
1.2.1.8000	50.00%

There are 4 versions of aviraspeedup.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.2.1.8700. aviraspeedup.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. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. In addition the the run registry key, it also creates a scheduled job to be executed by the Windows Task Scheduler up user login, this is typically done in order to bypass a User Account Control (UAC) prompt. The average file size is about 4.9 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Avira System Speedup from Avira GmbH. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0075% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 48.14 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 49.33 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 2.12 KB per minute for reads and 75.43 KB per minute for writes.

Avira System Speedup is registry cleaner whose purported purpose is to remove redundant items from the Windows registry. Avira System Speedup automates
the process of looking for invalid entries, missing file references or broken links within the registry and resolving or removing them.