What is afwserv.exe?

afwserv.exe is part of avast! Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the afwserv.exe version information.

afwserv.exe's description is "avast! firewall service"

afwserv.exe is digitally signed by ALWIL Software.

afwserv.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\alwil software\avast5\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameavast! Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! firewall service
Internal nameafwServ
Original filenameafwServ.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2010 AVAST Software
Product version5, 0, 0, 0
File version5, 0, 677, 0

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

Product nameavast! Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! firewall service
Internal nameafwServ
Original filenameafwServ.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2010 AVAST Software
Product version5, 0, 0, 0
File version5, 0, 677, 0

Digital signatures [?]

afwserv.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameALWIL Software
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number4009265cdb37d6b82d24d0b06f931857

VirusTotal report

None of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the afwserv.exe file.

None of the 43 anti-virus programs detected the afwserv.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58408b80b5d1927d5063e1250ea5d9a78
SHA2560090523f80f2d3ba56929b5ddec6ca548af578337d6148ffc2fc98713091835c

Error Messages

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

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

afwserv.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.

avast! firewall service has stopped working.

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

afwserv.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with afwserv.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with afwserv.exe. 69% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 13 users.

User vote results: There were 9 votes to remove and 4 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with afwserv.exe. Only 13 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

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