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Tip from the PitCrew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis.

Process Library

  

a2guard.exe (a2guard)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 17 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

a2guard.exe - A-Squared trojan remover.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

a2guard.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 a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, a2guard.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:Emsi Software GmbH
Product contains:a-squared Anti-Malware
File name contains:\a-squared

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


MD5 Hashes

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 a2guard.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
a2guard.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xf059a26817b740652e75f626dec771b51956496 bytes
20x7958f17255a1f16f617ec39c916e6c731580032 bytes
30x9edfa6f2a6586d741c1d8e7b4bb09e8e1845904 bytes
40x72c7c13987db6a1644895652937c316d1958544 bytes
50xcf17890be4bee54c34f18e7f61e078d91958032 bytes
60x39f9d5f344cf11cc8fe2fe101608389d622592 bytes
70xb1fecbc8cc681677d95aec0b1d1dac581845904 bytes
80xa0eba67501c05fd5c95797924f40c4001144320 bytes
90x553e688f3e8b12271237f5b1866e50a61819280 bytes
100x7474f276650cba9df7c63e39e67fcaca1816208 bytes
110xe02c16ccc0c2ac6d1b3cc837950571c72686608 bytes
120x5adff7d8831251dcb5039c74cbfaf58c2132112 bytes
130xa0b6bc4376dac1b0af0b9d662853ad8f2688144 bytes
140x814e0dcb8f5650a52d1feea922afdba72688144 bytes
150xe0eb1838920b2ea344acdef4bfd4c03f2131600 bytes
160x1699808be4c12692971e2bf2cf7f420f2691728 bytes
170x361f094c36d39c848479600be1c61bac2697360 bytes
180xba1ce7a445590ed4eff43bf69e336ee22705040 bytes
190xe30c8a79990a48690ef6c8745f6235412716304 bytes
200x77f082485cb4f9c019f0cc4c21886e492718352 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. a2guard.exe (a2guard) has been seen on 0.01% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 17 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/

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. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.