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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



avgscanx.exe (avgscanx.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.18%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 6 MB


In addition to the file name, avgscanx.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:\Programmi\AVG\AVG9\avgscanx.exe

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




Win Patrol

avgscanx.exe -

avgscanx.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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Match #2



avgscanx.exe (AVG Command-line Scanning Utility)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


In addition to the file name, avgscanx.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\AVG8\

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=triaav


Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1308#faq_1308


Win Patrol

avgscanx.exe - According with AVG faq:
You can use AVG scanner within the 3rd party program scanning options. There is a difference based on your system architecture - x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit).


1. x86 architecture
Use the AVGSCANX.EXE program with /scan=%file% /clean parameters: AVGSCANX.EXE /scan=%file% /clean
"C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG Free8\AVGSCANX.EXE" /scan=%file% /clean You can find the AVGSCANX.EXE program in the AVG program folder on your hard drive – typically C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8.

2. x64 architecture
Use the AVGSCANA.EXE program with /scan=%file% /clean parameters: AVGSCANA.EXE /scan=%file% /clean
"C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG Free8\AVGSCANA.EXE" /scan=%file% /clean You can find the AVGSCANA.EXE program in the AVG program folder on your hard drive – typically C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8 .

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

Program Name MD5 Count
avgscanx.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xa651ed70ffc4ca01d6f6a552bd360e4c 580888 bytes
2 0xf0df76487d33faa6458d0103c39ef43e 580888 bytes
3 0x36e3fe4b7bfbf6932b625c5e3a57591d 550680 bytes
4 0x231fbbef1ee615d2314ced94e12b374d 580888 bytes
5 0x6623cf8d9478f51ac701ec70ce0bc358 551192 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0xf651c3a9b36d9d36d6b16db1ba3571f1 551192 bytes
7 0x723cb5617721c5c48a39d9240a57ee17 756504 bytes
8 0x8e41524883a464abe89169f2d3e0aa39 545792 bytes
9 0x6ae7b2ec5ea68e23bbeb2a018d803259 756504 bytes
10 0x7aebb6651adf4c43cd133bbceeed077e 760600 bytes


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