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What is guard.exe? AVG Anti-Spyware?

Vendor:      GRISOFT s.r.o.
Product:     AVG Anti-Spyware
Vendor Website:      http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-spyware/us/crp/0
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: guard.exe is part of the Ewido antispyware product, but **CHECK THE PATH**. Guard.exe in a Windows system folder is most likely malware.

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


guard.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
guard.exe could be a harmful process. Learn more about protecging your PC from these potential harmful processes with PC Matic.
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guard.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
guard.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x5dcd235c061022bcda9aa48670b64211 3/5/2015 4:29:00 AM Unknown 7, 5, 1, 22 AVG Anti-Spyware 305 KB
2 Status 0xd91fedc752ba4b3ccd8d190cefc5cb03 6/20/2008 1:39:00 PM Unknown 7, 5, 1, 22 AVG Anti-Spyware 305 KB
3 Status 0x14a2f10d52a5cd7beb3c9511dbc124c7 12/31/2007 Unknown 7, 5, 1, 22 AVG Anti-Spyware 305 KB


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