Estimated safety rating

avastsvc.exe is a program which is probably NOT a virus or malware. So, if avastsvc.exe is on your system, it is probably ok, and will NOT cause problems. Even if your system is virus-free, it is still recommended to purchase a good antivirus with a good track record, in order to defend yourself against potential security problems.

Executable file path

Normally, this program is found in C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is f0f110790b2c0d832b611814c57593c9.

Is running as a service

This application is set up as a Windows service. This means it operates on your system in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which perform useful features to other programs or to Windows in general.

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is quite normal. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for new updates. For this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This exe runs in 32-bit mode. It does not benefit of the entire power of current computer CPUs. This is quite normal because the authors did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description stored in the program is Avast Service.

File version

File version extracted from the file 17.6.3625.0.

Manufacturer

Publisher AVAST Software.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice Copyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software.

Digitally signed

avastsvc.exe is digitally signed. Today most virus-free programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature extracted from avastsvc.exe checks out perfectly. This is most likely a clean, ok program.

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: AVAST Software s.r.o.

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 a good sign. si are uninstall.