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What is avgfws.exe? AVG Firewall Serice?

Vendor:      AVG Technologies CZ
Product:     AVG Internet Security
Vendor Website:      http://www.avg.com/us-en/homepage
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: avgfws.exe is part of AVG Firewall Service from AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

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


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avgfws.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: 0.26%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 17 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
avgfws.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x2f0c5ae2352f22b587edc2829c971262 2/1/2017 2:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 2644 KB
2 Status 0x6c469e3cb15cf33ad3e757096e6c7026 7/21/2016 1:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 2267 KB
3 Status 0xd6916995a3736e41224fc757e6520060 1/31/2015 2:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1451 KB
4 Status 0x7d8986ab39c40bd686a99f7a1ba0a842 12/23/2014 10:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1383 KB
5 Status 0x62ce203eebf813afc7e04755ebef4c68 12/20/2014 11:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1451 KB
6 Status 0x1e7b74c93d85b1bfe3a291d62dd4db29 11/26/2014 2:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1383 KB
7 Status 0x8a0d857ee0d05fdf1fac51d3cc03e18c 11/17/2014 9:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1398 KB
8 Status 0x5b032ccf38d1f01638ea39080d8fe423 11/3/2014 5:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1451 KB
9 Status 0xe37f597220159c0270bd41fa39ddaefe 10/28/2014 9:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1425 KB
10 Status 0xf456bf69430856692326627a067da12f 9/8/2014 4:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1383 KB
11 Status 0xa4425e1cea12437e3ff3c1c78ac465f3 8/18/2014 8:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1383 KB
12 Status 0x2563652fa7b34e36b868f9f5e192db4b 8/14/2014 10:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1383 KB
13 Status 0xf4f829970a4b26561dc50516bd89e12e 6/18/2014 7:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1511 KB
14 Status 0xe578be6020d03900a2062778b6d52226 5/22/2014 2:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1439 KB
15 Status 0xfd57cc9f627cced94b5e59f2fce6a78a 4/12/2014 1:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1438 KB
16 Status 0x1e68487ef81995767905de628866215b 11/28/2013 3:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1327 KB
17 Status 0x55985b78ab0b3cc406c8bfdf772e05c2 10/11/2013 8:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1327 KB
18 Status 0xef18d894a1f63c49376540cd0df8b404 9/27/2013 9:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1327 KB
19 Status 0x51782a3d230d0337853b43d0810d0193 9/14/2013 5:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1398 KB
20 Status 0xc2327e22fe6525ddfdb1dc522caa7ede 9/8/2013 6:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1326 KB
21 Status 0x0b4ae492fa02cf9f40005fa1cc0d1662 7/31/2013 9:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1398 KB
22 Status 0x82223b02bd090ca83e56ca07f8885d44 7/29/2013 8:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1397 KB
23 Status 0x6d3a517fe33ad047578bf73bb447eead 4/22/2013 11:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1394 KB
24 Status 0xdc4739dd82eafd85299b4e87b5f63207 3/18/2013 7:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1384 KB
25 Status 0xcab1f6cffbbeb001040b67d90d4b43e8 3/17/2013 6:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown AVG Firewall Serice 1445 KB


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