What is setup_ais-2a5.vpx?

setup_ais-2a5.vpx is part of avast! Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the setup_ais-2a5.vpx version information.

setup_ais-2a5.vpx's description is "avast! antivirus Update"

setup_ais-2a5.vpx is digitally signed by ALWIL Software.

setup_ais-2a5.vpx is usually located in the 'c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01992\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on setup_ais-2a5.vpx:

PropertyValue
Product nameavast! Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! antivirus Update
Internal nameavast.setup
Original filenamesetup.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2010 AVAST Software
Product version5, 0, 0, 0
File version5, 0, 0, 0

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

Product nameavast! Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! antivirus Update
Internal nameavast.setup
Original filenamesetup.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2010 AVAST Software
Product version5, 0, 0, 0
File version5, 0, 0, 0

Digital signatures [?]

setup_ais-2a5.vpx has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameALWIL Software
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number4009265cdb37d6b82d24d0b06f931857

Filename variants

setup_ais-2a5.vpx may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

setup_ais-2a5.vpx may also be located in other folders than c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01992\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5aeb21490315b3f93eaf87449ce4d61a2
SHA256a09e91d08b27da793e5ed72bfff19af55f1f862264044af8c801e2a5bd9b4358

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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Mahli writes

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Avast antivirus defenition updates should be downloaded quarterly or yearly.

# 18 Aug 2013, 12:37

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