What is AVGSvc.exe?

AVGSvc.exe is part of AVG Internet Security System and developed by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. according to the AVGSvc.exe version information.

AVGSvc.exe's description is "AVG Service"

AVGSvc.exe is digitally signed by AVG Technologies USA, Inc..

AVGSvc.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\AVG\Antivirus\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AVGSvc.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAVG Internet Security System
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Service
Internal nameAVGSvc
Original filenameAVGSvc.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Product version19.7.4603.0
File version19.7.4603.0
Special buildCompile_2019_0717_055710, Rev a3bf6d07158084ea6b40b75ee7da121cd3e568de (release/19.7)

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

Product nameAVG Internet Security System
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Service
Internal nameAVGSvc
Original filenameAVGSvc.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 AVG Technologies ..
Product version19.7.4603.0
File version19.7.4603.0
Special buildCompile_2019_0717_055710, Rev a3bf6d..

Digital signatures [?]

AVGSvc.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVG Technologies USA, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0557955e02a6b53dd1d574ede15f310e

VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AVGSvc.exe file.

None of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the AVGSvc.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1565005986.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\BUILD\\work\\00\\9f900bb44422fce3\\BUILDS\\Release\\x64\\AvastSvc.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".didat",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 710,
            "time": 1.0549600124359,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1038,
            "time": -0.08597207069397,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1366,
            "time": 1.07745885849,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "f8132fb3bd5a2bb75b2a510a964d46e50867ead3dac838ab904b0fbf3bb969df",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "5ab8a00d6b268afc1c1119a6e64bcf193deeddae32c5f7f2e74ef3d368806fbd",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

AVGSvc.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
27275TCP v43

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55e02b166fa4fac38fdb705a435a2cf7a
SHA2564b4e8a362764ffd2b54eda638876c9d376add556721ce6bf38ce1246377638d9

Error Messages

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

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

avgsvc.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.

AVG Service has stopped working.

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

avgsvc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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