What is avscan.exe?

avscan.exe is part of AntiVir Desktop and developed by Avira GmbH according to the avscan.exe version information.

avscan.exe's description is "On-Demand Scanner"

avscan.exe is digitally signed by Avira GmbH.

avscan.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about avscan.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avscan.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAntiVir Desktop
Company nameAvira GmbH
File descriptionOn-Demand Scanner
Internal nameavscan
Original filenameavscan.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright ? 2000 - 2010 Avira GmbH. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkAntiVir? is a registered trademark of Avira GmbH, Germany.
Product version10.03.00.07
File version10.03.00.07

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAntiVir Desktop
Company nameAvira GmbH
File descriptionOn-Demand Scanner
Internal nameavscan
Original filenameavscan.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright ? 2000 - 2010 Avira GmbH. ..
Legal trademarkAntiVir? is a registered trademark o..
Product version10.03.00.07
File version10.03.00.07

Digital signatures [?]

avscan.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAvira GmbH
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number75e809361dafbe7bd72e0e5bb7659552

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avscan.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the avscan.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ea51f395e2fd8259bbb4cecafbccfcf9
SHA256a6fc23e25e85c5cef79c432784ae15c3e62af69315ef29dde7db6c83f44ea9c0

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to avscan.exe:

avscan.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

avscan.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

On-Demand Scanner has stopped working.

End Program - avscan.exe. This program is not responding.

avscan.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

avscan.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with avscan.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with avscan.exe. 77% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 35 users.

User vote results: There were 27 votes to remove and 8 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

PELTIER writes

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avira antivirus ne me donne pas la satisfaction d'être un minimum en sécurité. Que dois-je faire et pourriez vous m'indiquer un antivirus gratuit et performant. MERCI !!!

# 29 May 2015, 6:58

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