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What is aavgapi.exe? AVG Security Toolbar?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=triaav
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: aAvgApi.exe, known as AVG API, is loaded every time the browser is launched.

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


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aavgapi.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
aavgapi.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd8c57b6ed78f4fc37c29b7ad6926ea90 8/20/2014 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 542 KB
2 Status 0x191562bbf5670fb4e06bd3e9ff639799 2/3/2012 10:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 527 KB
3 Status 0x9dcc8d6d853eb15d0c265ea5b5c52fbe 1/31/2012 5:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 656 KB
4 Status 0x1b67cf022f2e9eb70f9d34766e5f7664 8/14/2011 7:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 520 KB
5 Status 0xe8631824fac6eaf937c579ec1c2c916e 8/5/2010 10:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 518 KB
6 Status 0x4ab054f8005b841515d10aaf918c284b 11/11/2009 11:53:00 PM Unknown 2.0.0.11 AVG Security Toolbar 509 KB
7 Status 0x419472043079e140f336ae7b936c4442 7/5/2009 12:56:00 AM Unknown 2.0.0.11 AVG Security Toolbar 514 KB
8 Status 0xdafb0b49a86eacca8ccd8282a528489b 7/4/2009 7:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 656 KB
9 Status 0x2be5c22bf48bccae477d2a5be053d5de 5/15/2009 6:18:00 PM Unknown 2.0.0.11 AVG Security Toolbar 515 KB
10 Status 0x978de0e1f0362e76d10d8bdfc23cc225 3/17/2009 3:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 716 KB
11 Status 0x1d6a910ab072fd0a782e228cea2c4b84 8/14/2008 4:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 520 KB
12 Status 0xb1c71b3aa8ed2f63316a5274b072b7e0 8/4/2008 1:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 522 KB
13 Status 0x34a121727f491f57a8d6f99a67e8f899 5/20/2008 1:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Security Toolbar 520 KB


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