What is avgarpot.sys?

avgarpot.sys is part of AVG Internet Security System and developed by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. according to the avgarpot.sys version information.

avgarpot.sys's description is "AVG Anti Rootkit"

avgarpot.sys is digitally signed by AVG Technologies USA, LLC.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avgarpot.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameAVG Internet Security System
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Anti Rootkit
Internal nameaswArPot
Original filenameaswArPot.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2020 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Product version20.9.157.0
File version20.9.157.0

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

Product nameAVG Internet Security System
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Anti Rootkit
Internal nameaswArPot
Original filenameaswArPot.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2020 AVG Technologies ..
Product version20.9.157.0
File version20.9.157.0

Digital signatures [?]

avgarpot.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVG Technologies USA, LLC
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number03ec0c9015079fab8a6f3fc9f839311c

VirusTotal report

1 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avgarpot.sys file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
APEX Malicious
1 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the avgarpot.sys file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1606103587.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\work\\e0dd96435fde7cb0\\BUILDS\\Release\\x64\\aswArPot.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "PAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.1500890254974365,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 3.052608013153076,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.18442702293396,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "6b8578d717f895f9adf174545a11ba635d097f21bd76ffe44b53e256db9b261a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "ba1e91f570053b2026b9cd6825ca6c74aebe2f20d47db96e78bc780b47226f3f",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b0055de7ad776e13a46e50ee8f82286d
SHA2568c61ba308d102d84d6509b639aaf633ae81e53323033c30c48dd57397b0452e8

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