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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



avgchsvx.exe (AVG 9.0)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 6.43%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


In addition to the file name, avgchsvx.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 Internet Security
File name contains:\AVG\AVG9\

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://free.avg.com/



Win Patrol

avgchsvx.exe is part of AVG Internet Security

avgchsvx.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 avgchsvx.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
avgchsvx.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x779bada4e4b8c86d1b416df2d93a1860 1053976 bytes
2 0x5bb7141d64039953c82cf1bfac0072c8 1055000 bytes
3 0x2cdbedc4b4018e167f10145d75019447 1055000 bytes
4 0x1c7e552e18330551bf9c9e21106a5575 1055000 bytes
5 0x448a61cc51e38008b2553db9f95a1a22 1086744 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0xb76a9c3d703b037c6a020470602bca87 1086744 bytes
7 0xcc04ef7d653773345b546ee913e56cad 1055000 bytes
8 0xa11a468695e9dbefbe7a01af23a79e43 1101152 bytes
9 0x5021e9d92b21b198a6ac3be17a77f5fa 1086744 bytes
10 0x031dd8dbd4b958b5765c8c111cb1ea03 1101152 bytes

Match #2



avgchsvx.exe (avgchsvx.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 14 MB


In addition to the file name, avgchsvx.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 is not specified
Product is not specified
File name contains:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgchsvx.exe

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




Win Patrol

avgchsvx.exe -

avgchsvx.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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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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