What is aswBoot.exe?

aswBoot.exe is part of Avast Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the aswBoot.exe version information.

aswBoot.exe's description is "avast! start-up scanner"

aswBoot.exe is digitally signed by AVAST Software a.s..

aswBoot.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected aswBoot.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on aswBoot.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! start-up scanner
Internal nameaswBoot
Original filenameaswBoot.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software
Product version10.0.2208.712
File version10.0.2208.712

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

Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! start-up scanner
Internal nameaswBoot
Original filenameaswBoot.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software
Product version10.0.2208.712
File version10.0.2208.712

Digital signatures [?]

aswBoot.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVAST Software a.s.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0ef5eca7bd31cfc3a7f8e6259b423359

VirusTotal report

1 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the aswBoot.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Heur.ru2@YkigLEmG
1 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the aswBoot.exe file.

Other files also named aswBoot.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5197b2ee973e3bc2b0e32bed69549e41e
SHA25611548520945025fd117bcaa03cc19f02e51dd8299da0c72fc5b8b05469597fb1

Error Messages

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

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

aswboot.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! start-up scanner has stopped working.

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

aswboot.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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