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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
avant.exe (Avant Browser)
Prevalence
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.18%
Average CPU use for this program: 3%
Average RAM for this program: 65 MB
Identification
In addition to the file name, avant.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: | Avant Force |
|---|---|
| File name contains: | \Avant Browser\ |
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.
Vendor or Distributor's Web Site
PC Pitstop Analysis
avant.exe - Avant Browser is an upgrade to Internet Explorer with features such as pop-up blocking and a Flash Animation Filter that are not available in IE.
avant.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.
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
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 avant.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
| Program Name | MD5 Count |
| avant.exe | > 10 |
| MD5 Hashes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | |||||
| 1 | 0x4f434770b8a4951c740b60aeba40ab6e | 1418240 bytes | |||||
| 2 | 0x23755bb95cb0afcfd71bc24f719b2020 | 1376256 bytes | |||||
| 3 | 0xa6606b041636390bf6bc04ab3cf7cf0f | 1456640 bytes | |||||
| 4 | 0xdb0b7411468b751c257e6c0a0ae0c360 | 1392640 bytes | |||||
| 5 | 0x5f742f3fc4ee4b46cca1bbdbaa83f0ed | 1464320 bytes | |||||
| MD5 Hashes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | ||
| 6 | 0x36919352f89e3023e89c1d99158acbec | 1462784 bytes | ||
| 7 | 0x37371a02fdb0520a81d8efbe3731379e | 1419264 bytes | ||
| 8 | 0x5aae2b5fbfcdd664875b3e1845e6db2f | 1457152 bytes | ||
| 9 | 0x4bbbc7ecad0875c9e0ffedbd312005d4 | 1459200 bytes | ||
| 10 | 0x1b90d92f307761c7073a2cd082ce0c50 | 1418240 bytes | ||
Match #2
avant.exe (avant.exe)
Prevalence
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 17 MB
Identification
In addition to the file name, avant.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: | Avant Force |
|---|---|
| Product is not specified | |
| File name contains: | \Program Files\Avant Browser\avant.exe |
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.
PC Pitstop Analysis
avant.exe -
avant.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.
Match #3
avant.exe (Avant Browser)
Prevalence
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 23 MB
Identification
In addition to the file name, avant.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: | Avant Force |
|---|---|
| Product contains: | Avant Browser |
| File name contains: | \Avant Browser\ |
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.
Vendor or Distributor's Web Site
PC Pitstop Analysis
avant.exe - Avant Browser is an upgrade to Internet Explorer with features such as pop-up blocking and a Flash Animation Filter that are not available in IE.
avant.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.
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
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 avant.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
| Program Name | MD5 Count |
| avant.exe | > 10 |
| MD5 Hashes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | |||||
| 1 | 0x2da4ee347e8cd9d78c836daf84e496f2 | 1065984 bytes | |||||
| 2 | 0xb4e85384cd518d30b6603e51f4a9cf14 | 1390592 bytes | |||||
| 3 | 0xc051affd0d3a8a8aea0abc1bf23fff04 | 883712 bytes | |||||
| 4 | 0x28052201328ad949efbb69786774964e | 1071616 bytes | |||||
| 5 | 0x94b1b04ee95466e87c756d62d53b7c3e | 1071104 bytes | |||||
| MD5 Hashes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | ||
| 6 | 0x532b888a36c1bc6d3f691faa3b4810f5 | 1347072 bytes | ||
| 7 | 0x4842886372adca7b3ac45c833f53dfff | 1349632 bytes | ||
| 8 | 0x0b2d596af1bc5101019a6641e963e488 | 1284096 bytes | ||
| 9 | 0xab663761050f864ca0695a05d22f84b0 | 617984 bytes | ||
| 10 | 0xa6cffed0596f1e6e6d50910cba1b167c | 829440 bytes | ||
Match #4
avant.exe (Avant Browser)
Prevalence
This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.
Identification
In addition to the file name, avant.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.
| Product contains: | Avant Browser |
|---|---|
| File name contains: | \Avant Browser\ |
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.
Vendor or Distributor's Web Site
PC Pitstop Analysis
avant.exe - Avant Browser is an upgrade to Internet Explorer with features such as pop-up blocking and a Flash Animation Filter that are not available in IE.
avant.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.
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
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 avant.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
| Program Name | MD5 Count |
| avant.exe | > 10 |
| MD5 Hashes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | |||||
| 1 | 0xed4a4ae6003d60cefcd4335557b5b5f6 | 1290752 bytes | |||||
| 2 | 0xaf8b5a7a70d0b94594ebf8b178ece47f | 1070592 bytes | |||||
| 3 | 0x8c5d348228e9604aa497264ff6d77d6b | 1288192 bytes | |||||
| 4 | 0xb16043c01c0b185fb65c0aff9de27d78 | 783872 bytes | |||||
| 5 | 0xbfadd30bf60fdd1f652ad03c43a6df75 | 831488 bytes | |||||
| MD5 Hashes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | ||
| 6 | 0x1b6e156cce17d1e79b7e873f0f6d9d5f | 1362432 bytes | ||
| 7 | 0x649079f7fd1edc8890627c1a0e23aa9f | 1413632 bytes | ||
| 8 | 0x398d2d458b5e073cd5c9c05c85fec822 | 1368064 bytes | ||
| 9 | 0xdda8bca52e20b8e27841bbd28fb121f8 | 1459200 bytes | ||
| 10 | 0xe634df9fe02e555ef002bfd130e5f7d0 | 883712 bytes | ||
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