avshadow.exe
Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)
| Version: | 13.6.20.2072 |
| MD5: | 6139c821752f748b2bd6c257161608df |
| SHA1: | 2758beb145b96156e04e46e5222a3ed0c819d13b |
| SHA256: | e8f402431f7e6fe1beeae89143c86162ab51bcc66b3b520f4681794eab0d0227 |
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 with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
avguard.exe (Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG). This is typically installed with the program Avira Free Antivirus published by Avira GmbH. 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: | 13.6.20.2072 |
| Size: | 75.05 KB (76,856 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/12/2013 11:00 PM |
| 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
Programs
The following program will install this file
Avira AntiVir Personal includes a branded version of the Ask.com Toolbar, a web browser extenstion that provides search advertising and results. Upon installation the user is presented with the option to install the Ask toolbar. If accepted, the toolbar will be installed in the user's web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox) and will modify the home page and search settings.
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00020480% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00013988% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006492% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 25,019 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 790/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 828.8 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.56 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 907.2 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 828.8 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 22.77 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 24.57 MB | |
| Working set: | 975.2 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 2.98 MB | |
| Page faults: | 828/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 224 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 48 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avshadow.exe" avshadowcontrol0_00000748
- "C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avshadow.exe" avshadowcontrol0_00002730
- "C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avshadow.exe" avshadowcontrol0_00001c8c
- "C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\avshadow.exe" avshadowcontrol0_00000b54
|
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | avguard.exe (Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG) |
Threads
Averages
| avshadow.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00011322% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005148% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006174% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,267/sec | |
| Memory: | 84 KB | |
| msvcr100.dll (Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007722% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007722% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 750/sec | |
| Memory: | 764 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 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% |
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