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What is afwserv.exe? Avast Firewall Serive?

Vendor:      Software
Product:     avast! Antivirus
Vendor Website:      http://www.avast.com/index
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.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: afwServ.exe is part of avast! Antivirus from ALWIL Software. It is part of a core background program for the Avast Firewall Service which is part of the Avast Internet Security Suite.

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


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afwserv.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: 0.13%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
afwserv.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xc2009c6a452bd07b30d773349589b762 6/4/2017 8:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 134 KB
2 Status 0xa1053e63a2c435f0a7e148ba10085df8 10/15/2015 1:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 114 KB
3 Status 0x99bc4c837fc8fc50f3b2b61130b38d08 2/25/2015 4:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 133 KB
4 Status 0xda387eddba421a7a8132e256343c2799 2/17/2015 11:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 133 KB
5 Status 0xd386d51b1839e208ef7ccfbfa964638e 11/16/2014 4:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 103 KB
6 Status 0x55ff0ffe359702d2e2b99df5cbb3dd06 10/16/2014 2:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 106 KB
7 Status 0x68e3356bc848124f56bdac3c70c2e54b 10/2/2014 10:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 134 KB
8 Status 0x182ebee454f66e722fa64a6a72338a6f 9/29/2014 9:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 101 KB
9 Status 0x4971eb2e44f587bb70a8a5dd030f1e23 7/27/2014 5:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 134 KB
10 Status 0xd58c10aff2b5c09d615623a4dac0e330 3/31/2014 9:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 106 KB
11 Status 0x3f427618d4fd01183e56f02469850316 12/6/2013 2:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 134 KB
12 Status 0x6914d318ec50930c078212a8575cef42 11/12/2013 2:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 114 KB
13 Status 0xb8e2b86462b3709375bf513b43c37b35 10/18/2013 2:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 174 KB
14 Status 0x380765a441bb552e7b1dfa8f51c483ca 10/9/2013 12:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 133 KB
15 Status 0xb97be3e8c5b4f50b6a0a310ef16565ac 8/1/2013 2:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 134 KB
16 Status 0x214aa6f5f763b966be2680dbef0d8280 5/2/2013 11:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 134 KB
17 Status 0x4ccaa10f16c4f360d582a431e390eefc 3/1/2013 8:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 133 KB
18 Status 0xbc0e07a768a0a14c48e3ce1875f2c377 11/4/2012 6:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 130 KB
19 Status 0x353d1d0f7ae900ee8c1ff1a30de13af5 10/24/2012 5:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 130 KB
20 Status 0xdd4c61cb3cdbc8b0a7d2107c6944dc71 8/22/2012 1:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 130 KB
21 Status 0x465a17095eb3b9e101429b669f495d01 7/6/2012 12:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 130 KB
22 Status 0x0b2035ead51bcfa9a1d00b149a6459a4 6/29/2012 9:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 130 KB
23 Status 0x7d465549dfb0eca6601e9609c72cd20a 3/10/2012 4:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 131 KB
24 Status 0x2ebc7e650766bf235d630300f4054ce2 2/25/2012 8:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 128 KB
25 Status 0x7ff189135cd798d5126f246c26a75556 2/9/2012 5:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Avast Firewall Serive 127 KB


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