What is avguard.exe?

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

avguard.exe's description is "Avira On-Access Service"

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

avguard.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\avira\antivir desktop\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected avguard.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avguard.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvira Free Antivirus
Company nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
File descriptionAvira On-Access Service
Legal copyright© 2000 - 2011 Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG and its Licensors
Legal trademarkAntiVir® is a registered trademark of Avira GmbH, Germany.
Product version12.3.0.15
File version12.3.0.15

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

Product nameAvira Free Antivirus
Company nameAvira Operations GmbH & Co. KG
File descriptionAvira On-Access Service
Legal copyright© 2000 - 2011 Avira Operations GmbH..
Legal trademarkAntiVir® is a registered trademark ..
Product version12.3.0.15
File version12.3.0.15

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 number54971ff238d2b866f27fc3fe6c9ad577

VirusTotal report

1 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avguard.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.Unknown
1 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the avguard.exe file.

Folder name variants

avguard.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\program files (x86)\avira\antivir desktop\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named avguard.exe

avguard.exe (8 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c9a36ef935aced86aedf93e97e606911
SHA256bc53afdaa685083f377f912f41821043c034c7ae88ada19d2d9aaa26953f31b8

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.

Avira On-Access 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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