Versions

10.00.00.21	82.61%
10.00.00.21	4.35%
10.00.00.17	4.35%
9.00.00.09	4.35%
9.00.00.06	4.35%

sched.exe has 5 known versions, the most recent one is 10.00.00.21. It is started as a Windows Service called 'AntiVirSchedulerService' with the name 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AntiVirSchedulerService' and described as “Service to schedule Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus jobs and updates.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 122 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Avira GmbH by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus from Avira GmbH. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0094% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.3 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 35.02 KB per minute for reads and 2.5 KB per minute for writes.

Antivirus Scheduler for Avira Antivirus 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 computer for malware in order to remove them. It updates its virus definitions automatically everyday by default using the Internet.