What is aswvmm.sys?

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

aswvmm.sys's description is "Avast VM Monitor"

aswvmm.sys is digitally signed by Avast Software s.r.o..

aswvmm.sys is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected aswvmm.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on aswvmm.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast VM Monitor
Internal nameaswVmm
Original filenameaswVmm.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2020 AVAST Software
Product version20.9.157.0
File version20.9.157.0

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

Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionAvast VM Monitor
Internal nameaswVmm
Original filenameaswVmm.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2020 AVAST Software
Product version20.9.157.0
File version20.9.157.0

Digital signatures [?]

aswvmm.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAvast Software s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number03f02aca051d1c9330eeabd3706e836f

VirusTotal report

1 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the aswvmm.sys file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
APEX Malicious
1 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the aswvmm.sys file.

Other files also named aswvmm.sys

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5492fb08a38a1786bbcaf08d36a0f0dd1
SHA256d0f145dfce24b82e5ed7376a58866b0031bbe6d667ee58ccf5b029ed770306ef

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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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