AvastSvc.exe
avast! Antivirus by AVAST Software a.s. (Signed)
| Version: | 9.0.2020.505 | 
| MD5: | dd927ff7e0c279e33e019eeff4c16494 | 
| SHA1: | 61b312d90fe8975852420288501ab2240ea33e79 | 
Overview
avastsvc.exe runs as a service under the name avast! Antivirus with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access) as a shared service. The file is digitally signed by AVAST Software a.s. which was issued by the DigiCert Inc certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | avastsvc.exe | 
| Publisher: | AVAST Software | 
| Product name: | avast! Antivirus | 
| Description: | avast! Service | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avast software\avast\avastsvc.exe | 
| File version: | 9.0.2020.505 | 
| Size: | 49.16 KB (50,344 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 6/23/2014 1:50 PM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | AVAST Software a.s. | 
| Authority (CA): | DigiCert Inc | 
| Effective date: | Thursday, July 11, 2013 | 
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, September 14, 2016 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00004806% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001497% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00003309% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 314,358 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 16,520,835/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 104.84 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 58.71 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 2.36 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 104.84 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 412.7 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 610.71 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 40.83 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 114.76 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 8,150,090/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 3.12 MB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 710/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 336.07 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 640/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 241.95 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1,097/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 86 |  | 
| Handles: | 2514 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\avast software\avast\avastsvc.exe" | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | avast! Antivirus | 
| Description: | “Manages and implements avast! antivirus services for this computer. This includes the real-time shields, the virus chest and the scheduler.” | 
| Type: | Win32ShareProcess, InteractiveProcess | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| AvastSvc.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00845686% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00262072% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00583614% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 296,800/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 52 KB |  | 
| wow64.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00027878% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009795% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00018083% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 9,641/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 252 KB |  | 
| ntdll.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00007164% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003517% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00003647% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 125,016/sec |  | 
| Context switches: | 2/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.66 MB |  | 
 
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 | 32.20% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 16.95% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 | 11.86% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro | 5.93% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 5.08% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 5.08% |  | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 4.24% |  | 
| Windows 8 Single Language | 3.39% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 3.39% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Basic | 3.39% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Single Language | 1.69% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 1.69% |  | 
| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation | 1.69% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise | 1.69% |  | 
| Windows 8 Enterprise | 0.85% |  | 
| Windows 7 Starter | 0.85% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 29.66% of avast! Antivirus.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 17.28% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 16.67% |  | 
| ASUS | 16.05% |  | 
| Toshiba | 14.81% |  | 
| Acer | 11.11% |  | 
| Lenovo | 11.11% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 5.56% |  | 
| Intel | 2.47% |  | 
| Alienware | 1.85% |  | 
| Samsung | 1.85% |  | 
| Sahara | 1.23% |  |