Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

12.0.0.2111	81.33%
12.0.0.1773	0.67%
9.0.0.832	11.33%
8.5.0.401	6.67%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child processes

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, StartServiceW, QueryServiceStatus, OpenSCManagerW, OpenServiceW, ChangeServiceConfig2W, CloseServiceHandle, ControlService, QueryServiceLockStatusW, SetServiceStatus, UnlockServiceDatabase, LockServiceDatabase

kernel32.dll

GetLastError, GetSystemPowerStatus, SetCurrentDirectoryW, GetModuleFileNameW, QueryPerformanceCounter, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetVolumeInformationW, FindVolumeClose, FindNextVolumeW, FindFirstVolumeW, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, GetLogicalDrives, QueryDosDeviceW, GetDriveTypeW, CreateProcessW, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, SetEvent, CreateEventW, WaitForSingleObject, GetTempPathW, GetFileAttributesW, CreateFileW, Sleep, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetTickCount, LoadLibraryW, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedCompareExchange, SetLastError, ReleaseMutex, CreateMutexW, GetCurrentProcess, GetSystemDefaultLCID, WideCharToMultiByte, CompareStringW, GetACP, LocalFree, LocalAlloc, CloseHandle, GetWindowsDirectoryW, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetSystemInfo, GetComputerNameW, GetVersionExW, GetModuleHandleW, LoadLibraryA, GetCurrentThreadId, DeviceIoControl, WaitForMultipleObjects, CreateEventA, CreateProcessA, MultiByteToWideChar

msvcr80.dll

DllMain

msvcr90.dll

DllMain

ntdll.dll

ZwSetEvent, ZwCreateEvent, ZwOpenSymbolicLinkObject, ZwQuerySymbolicLinkObject, ZwDelayExecution, ZwTerminateProcess, ZwWaitForSingleObject, RtlInitUnicodeString, ZwQueryVirtualMemory, ZwQueryInformationProcess, RtlAllocateHeap, RtlReAllocateHeap, RtlFreeHeap, ZwOpenKey, ZwQueryKey, RtlOpenCurrentUser, ZwClose, RtlNtStatusToDosError, ZwQueryValueKey, ZwCreateKey, memmove, memset, memcpy, ZwReleaseMutant

user32.dll

UnregisterDeviceNotification, RegisterDeviceNotificationW, MessageBoxW

avgwdsvc.exe

AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies (Signed)

Remove avgwdsvc.exe

Version:	12.0.0.2111
MD5:	ea1145debcd508fd25bd1e95c4346929
SHA1:	ec441d9ee7c7afa7bbfd0821f873b4eb98c46176
SHA256:	e6d9c84c61dbd69726e4b5bb081b53330e9f7662374d539cf25d8ee3539b9885

What is avgwdsvc.exe?

AVG Watchdog Service for Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware protection, plus the full AVG LinkScanner safe search and surf technology.

About avgwdsvc.exe (from AVG Technologies)

“AVG Internet Security 2012 offers real-time protection when surfing, shopping, banking and social networking. You'll also enjoy worry-free downloading, an enhanced firewall, and one of the fastest sca”

Overview

avgwdsvc.exe runs as a service under the name AVG Free WatchDog (avg9wd) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including AVG 2012 published by AVG Technologies, AVG 2012 from AVG Technologies and AVG 2012 by AVG Technologies. The file is digitally signed by AVG Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	avgwdsvc.exe
Publisher:	AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Product name:	AVG Internet Security
Description:	AVG Watchdog Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\avg\avg2012\avgwdsvc.exe
File version:	12.0.0.2111
Size:	188.76 KB (193,288 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	AVG Technologies
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Expiration date:	Monday, March 5, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows Console
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

AVG 2012

AVG Technologies

8% remove

Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware protection, plus the full AVG LinkScanner safe search and surf technology.

WinZip

WinZip Computing, S.L.

6% remove

WinZip is a proprietary file archiver and compressor that creates archives in the ZIP file format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats. Features include: Creation of, addition to, and extraction from ZIP archives. Direct write of ZIP archives to CD/DVD. Support for ARC and ARJ archives if suitable external programs are installed. Email ZIP archives. Support of additional compression methods: bzip2 (9.0), PPMd...

Behaviors

Services

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'avg9wd' (AVG Free WatchDog)
avg8wd
'avgwd' (WatchDog de AVG)
'avg8wd' (AVG8 WatchDog)

Windows firewall allowed programs

Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections

Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00923341%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00447291%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00476049%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	10,720,378 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,077,114/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	20/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	9.27 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	14.48 MB
Private (minimum):	6.92 MB
Non-paged memory:	9.27 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	107.73 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	126.06 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	11.56 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	17.68 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	116,172/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	160.95 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	170/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	47.18 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	138/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	1.71 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	120/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	33	12
Handles:	772	600
GUI GDI count:	4	103
GUI USER count:	4	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\avg\avg2012\avgwdsvc.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	avg9wd
Display name:	AVG Free WatchDog
Description:	“Servicio de Watchdog de AVG”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

wow64.dll
Total CPU:	0.01133154%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00347439%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00785714%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	338,835/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	252 KB	1.16 MB
mswsock.dll
Total CPU:	0.00641645%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00641645%
CPU cycles:	2,236/sec
Memory:	240 KB
sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.00539059%
Kernel CPU:	0.00324345%
User CPU:	0.00214715%
CPU cycles:	143,225/sec
Memory:	100 KB
avgwd.dll (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o)
Total CPU:	0.00317937%
Kernel CPU:	0.00182022%
User CPU:	0.00135914%
CPU cycles:	89,601/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	1.9 MB
avgwdwsc.dll (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o)
Total CPU:	0.00214005%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00214005%
CPU cycles:	50,229/sec
Memory:	388 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00213992%
Kernel CPU:	0.00213992%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	4,663/sec
Memory:	1.23 MB
avgwdsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00198939%
Kernel CPU:	0.00098114%
User CPU:	0.00100826%
CPU cycles:	75,813/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	204 KB
ADVAPI32.dll
Total CPU:	0.00078495%
Kernel CPU:	0.00050461%
User CPU:	0.00028034%
CPU cycles:	13,338/sec
Memory:	792 KB
avglogx.dll (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o)
Total CPU:	0.00008617%
Kernel CPU:	0.00008617%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	937/sec
Memory:	296 KB
avgsched.dll (AVG Internet Security by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o)
Total CPU:	0.00007524%
Kernel CPU:	0.00002827%
User CPU:	0.00004697%
CPU cycles:	3,578/sec
Memory:	552 KB
wow64cpu.dll
Total CPU:	0.00004782%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001195%
User CPU:	0.00003586%
CPU cycles:	843/sec
Memory:	36 KB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:	0.00000792%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000792%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	143/sec
Memory:	360 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	40.67%
Microsoft Windows XP	20.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate	17.33%
Windows Vista Home Premium	10.67%
Windows 7 Home Basic	4.00%
Windows 7 Professional	3.33%
Windows 8 Pro	1.33%
Windows Vista Home Basic	1.33%
Windows 8 Release Preview	0.67%
Windows 7 Enterprise	0.67%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 44.00% of AVG Internet Security.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Dell	26.26%
Hewlett-Packard	18.18%
Acer	17.17%
Sony	14.14%
Toshiba	8.08%
ASUS	4.04%
Intel	4.04%
GIGABYTE	3.03%
Gateway	2.02%
Samsung	2.02%
American Megatrends	1.01%

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