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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



avgidsmonitor.exe (AVG Identity Protection Monitor)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.53%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


In addition to the file name, avgidsmonitor.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:AVG
Product contains:AVG IDS
File name contains:Protection\agent\Bin\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.avg.com/product-avg-identity-protection?type=business



Win Patrol

AVG \IdentityProtection\agent\Bin\AVGIDSMonitor.exe Belongs to AVG Identity Protection agent.

avgidsmonitor.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called avgidsmonitor.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
avgidsmonitor.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xa9a40ecce9035f0a0b0f0610ea517e7d 596488 bytes
2 0xf0b5af7184e3b35abf86543e1eb1c673 596488 bytes
3 0x87d090696c0ba44a95e9a428b1967df3 604680 bytes
4 0x5ca17e53c7f7a7f42daca2b85a4766b3 621064 bytes
5 0xaef45621d2533a43625b84020716f246 621064 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x660a5c161f9eca2d2ece91ade2a21c99 621064 bytes
7 0x2c6f91b53dca7fb47f27c7eb425ff78d 596488 bytes
8 0xafbfd84bbd80d72c7ee9ca874003c1f2 596560 bytes
9 0x8f705d405579b3027f35ea2c4b20bb74 725072 bytes
10 0x05542e4eaa56f08c26ad0cad4bd7883b 592392 bytes

Match #2



avgidsmonitor.exe (avgidsmonitor.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


In addition to the file name, avgidsmonitor.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Product contains:AVG IDS
File name contains:\Program Files\Virgin Media\Security\AVG\Identity Protection\agent\bin\AVGIDSMonitor.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

avgidsmonitor.exe -

avgidsmonitor.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.




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Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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