Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

13.6.20.2078	25.00%
13.6.0.638	25.00%
13.6.0.402	25.00%
12.3.0.15	25.00%

Relationships

Parent process

avgnt.exe (Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW

gdi32.dll

CreateRectRgnIndirect, GetLayout

kernel32.dll

HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, HeapAlloc, HeapDestroy, GetProcessHeap, RaiseException, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, HeapFree, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, QueryPerformanceCounter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, DecodePointer, EncodePointer, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSetInformation, InterlockedCompareExchange, InterlockedExchange, GetCurrentProcess, SetEvent, ResumeThread, CreateEventW, SuspendThread, FindResourceExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, LockResource, SizeofResource, InterlockedDecrement, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, GetFileAttributesW, GetModuleFileNameW, InterlockedIncrement, LoadLibraryExW, GetModuleHandleW, SetLastError, CreateMutexW, ReleaseMutex, Sleep, WaitForSingleObject, GetTickCount, CloseHandle, OpenMutexW, GetLastError, DeleteCriticalSection, OutputDebugStringW, lstrlenW

mfc100u.dll

DllMain

msvcp100.dll

DllMain

msvcr100.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoUninitialize, CoInitialize

shell32.dll

ShellExecuteW, SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, SHAppBarMessage

user32.dll

SetWindowRgn, SetLayeredWindowAttributes, GetWindowInfo, GetDesktopWindow, GetShellWindow, IsWindowVisible, GetForegroundWindow, MonitorFromPoint, CopyRect, GetMonitorInfoW, MonitorFromWindow, FindWindowW, EnableWindow, PostMessageW, GetWindowRect, KillTimer, SetTimer, SendMessageW, LoadStringW, GetDC, ReleaseDC

ipmgui.exe

Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)

Remove ipmgui.exe

Version:	12.3.0.15
MD5:	38781a594b5c035a861d1e47a2cc61a5
SHA1:	8fde542936d76dccd12a7a742c675aeb2443437b
SHA256:	60ebbeb39ec260ee92014e731d6a8dd93895c6b48b5737377651b34a7ec4d743

What is ipmgui.exe?

Avira In Product Messaging is part of Avira Free Antivirus, a free antivirus program from Avira that 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 ipmgui.exe (from Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG)

“Avira Free Antivirus eliminates many forms of malware including worms, rootkits, and costly dialers. Features include system scanner prevents infection from viruses, worms, and Trojans, blocks new vir”

Details

File name:	ipmgui.exe
Publisher:	Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
Product name:	Avira Free Antivirus
Description:	Avira In Product Messaging
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\ipmgui.exe
File version:	12.3.0.15
Size:	84.95 KB (86,992 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Expiration date:	Saturday, July 19, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 50973

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.08427824%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.04596357%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.03831467%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	858 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	13,567,604/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	13.44 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	26.41 MB
Private (minimum):	14.94 MB
Non-paged memory:	13.44 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	168.45 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	176.45 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	26.47 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	32.75 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	249,870/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	993.12 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	21/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	6.52 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	52/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	27.28 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	315/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	8	12
Handles:	312	600
GUI GDI count:	49	103
GUI USER count:	23	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\avira\antivir desktop\ipmgui.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	avgnt.exe (Avira Free Antivirus by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG)

Threads

Averages

ipmGui.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.18037356%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.10741347%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.07296009%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	119,517,478/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	207/sec	79/sec
Memory:	88 KB	1.16 MB
WININET.dll
Total CPU:	0.00213017%
Kernel CPU:	0.00213017%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	20,429/sec
Memory:	1.11 MB