AVAgent.exe
Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud by Symantec Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 4.3.0.4 | 
| MD5: | f72ed4b76fbcd70079b5e6b87a2fe61e | 
| SHA1: | 767102aea1c0420559b9a0ce1c8758414349223d | 
Overview
avagent.exe runs as a service under the name Symantec.cloud Endpoint Protection (ssSpnAv) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access) as a shared service. The file is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
 Details
Details
| File name: | avagent.exe | 
| Publisher: | Symantec Corporation | 
| Product name: | Symantec Endpoint Protection.cloud | 
| Description: | Hosted Endpoint Protection Service | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\symantec.cloud\antivirus\avagent.exe | 
| File version: | 4.3.0.4 | 
| Product version: | 4.3 | 
| Size: | 404.89 KB (414,608 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 3/27/2013 7:20 PM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Symantec Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Tuesday, September 7, 2010 | 
| Expiration date: | Saturday, November 23, 2013 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' as a shared service by the Service Host (svchost.exe)
- 'ssSpnAv'  (Symantec.cloud Endpoint Protection)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00022074% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007551% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00014524% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,170 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 1,291,927/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 4.68 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 10.47 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 10.22 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 4.68 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 76.97 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 79.72 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 10.39 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 10.5 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 4,260/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 1.01 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 3/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 731 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 9.6 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 603/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 12 |  | 
| Handles: | 284 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\symantec.cloud\antivirus\avagent.exe" | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | ssSpnAv | 
| Display name: | Symantec.cloud Endpoint Protection | 
| Description: | “Symantec.cloud Endpoint Protection” | 
| Type: | Win32ShareProcess | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| ntdll.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00083196% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00065635% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00017561% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 383,914/sec |  | 
| Context switches: | 3/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.66 MB |  | 
| AVAgent.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00005542% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005542% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 1,934/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 416 KB |  | 
 
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 100.00% |  | 
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| ASUS | 100.00% |  |