What is aswEngSrv.exe?

aswEngSrv.exe is part of Avast Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the aswEngSrv.exe version information.

aswEngSrv.exe's description is "Avast Antivirus engine server"

aswEngSrv.exe is digitally signed by Avast Software s.r.o..

aswEngSrv.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on aswEngSrv.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast Antivirus engine server
Internal nameaswEngSrv
Original filenameaswEngSrv.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2021 AVAST Software
Product version21.3.6164.0
File version21.3.6164.0

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

Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast Antivirus engine server
Internal nameaswEngSrv
Original filenameaswEngSrv.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2021 AVAST Software
Product version21.3.6164.0
File version21.3.6164.0

Digital signatures [?]

aswEngSrv.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAvast Software s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number025a1bf3e389238382537190d349e56a

VirusTotal report

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

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

Other files also named aswEngSrv.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f0eeb892fe394588b61f73eca6871fb0
SHA25656235cc39beb61749a33e4cc9d973ca08d095fa36c79919e7b758bc672a00f67

Error Messages

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

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

aswengsrv.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.

Avast Antivirus engine server has stopped working.

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

aswengsrv.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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