What is avguard.exe?

avguard.exe is part of Avira Product Family and developed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG according to the avguard.exe version information.

avguard.exe's description is "Antivirus Host Framework Service"

avguard.exe is digitally signed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG.

avguard.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about avguard.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avguard.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvira Product Family
Company nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
File descriptionAntivirus Host Framework Service
Internal nameavguard.exe
Original filenameavguard.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright c 2017 Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG and its Licensors
Product version15.0.28.21
File version15.0.28.21

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAvira Product Family
Company nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
File descriptionAntivirus Host Framework Service
Internal nameavguard.exe
Original filenameavguard.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright c 2017 Avira Operations Gm..
Product version15.0.28.21
File version15.0.28.21

Digital signatures [?]

avguard.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number76ba9423ddbce7b145a95f01ee015f17

VirusTotal report

None of the 64 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avguard.exe file.

None of the 64 anti-virus programs detected the avguard.exe file.

Filename variants

avguard.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named avguard.exe

avguard.exe (8 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD569681426797e0e78f4d9398bd789f1f8
SHA2568b336406b009af66d558998ae62466aae24e84dc5d0e98eb2be7aa38fabd1042

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to avguard.exe:

avguard.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

avguard.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Antivirus Host Framework Service has stopped working.

End Program - avguard.exe. This program is not responding.

avguard.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

avguard.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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