avshadow.exe
Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)
| Version: | 12.3.0.8 |
| MD5: | 498137643ef0e54d4577fcf0ad29ed0c |
| SHA1: | 1e79c0dac55bc8a266f8b6dda51dba62e86060dd |
| SHA256: | f4d19781add6d1dbe39c4f66065dcf045d11866fe86270abe2bf5d6ee6890079 |
What is avshadow.exe?
Avira Shadow Copy Service. This edition of Avira Antivirus is free of charge and runs as a background process which checks every file opened or downloaded. Like many antivirus programs, it can run a full or custom scan to check the PC for malware in order to remove them. It updates its virus definitions automatically everyday by default using the Internet.
About avshadow.exe (from Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG)
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Overview
avshadow.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
avguard.exe (Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | avshadow.exe |
| Publisher: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Product name: | Avira Free Antivirus |
| Description: | Avira Shadow Copy Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avshadow.exe |
| File version: | 12.3.0.8 |
| Size: | 78.45 KB (80,336 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, July 20, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004161% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003126% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001035% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 281 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.14 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.24 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 264 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 34.52 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 38.52 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.19 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.38 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 84 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
27.78% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
17.78% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.22% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
2.22% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.22% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
1.11% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
1.11% |
|
Distribution by country
Germany installs about 14.77% of Avira Free Antivirus.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
31.58% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.74% |
|
| Toshiba |
10.53% |
|
| Intel |
7.89% |
|
| Lenovo |
7.89% |
|
| Acer |
6.58% |
|
| Dell |
5.26% |
|
| Compaq |
2.63% |
|
| Samsung |
2.63% |
|
| MSI |
2.63% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.32% |
|
| Sahara |
1.32% |
|
