Estimated safety rating

adguardsvc.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "possible danger" criteria detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if adguardsvc.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't harm the PC. Please be careful with it.

Executable file path

The default filename and folder where this application is stored is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adguard\AdguardSvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 00d7b117b21a1e747f6bfd0b56c07543.

Is running as a service

This program is set up as a Windows service. This means it runs on your system in background, usually without displaying anything to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which perform useful functions to other programs or to the Windows Operating System.

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is ok. For example, most of the apps on your PC check for new updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs as a 32-bit program. It does not use the entire set of features of modern computer CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description present in the exe is AdGuard for Windows.

File version

File version extracted from the file 7.4.3077.0.

Manufacturer

Producer Adguard Software Ltd.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright © Adguard Software Ltd 2009-2020.

Digitally signed

adguardsvc.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays the large majority of virus-free software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is invalid. This indicates the program may be malware and that someone most likely modified it after the signature was applied. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Adguard Software Limited

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is good. si are uninstall.