avgamsvr.exe is the Alert Manager component of the AVG Antivirus package from Grisoft. This program is responsible for handling various alerts that are provided to the user by the antivirus package when it is scanning for viruses and other malware. Disabling it will likely cause problems with the AVG antivirus and could compromise system security. 

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Users Opinions

1747 users ask for this file. 40 users rated it as not dangerous. 1 user rated it as not so dangerous. 2 users rated it as neutral. 3 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 1 user rated it as dangerous. 5 users didn't rate it ("don't know").

All comments about avgamsvr.exe: part of AVG anti virus network edition  See also: Link   AVG Anti Virus  See also: Link   Docteur Maboul AVG Anti-Virus System Alarm Manager   valu The Virus Informationtracer for AVG!   Tragé part of AVG which is an anti-virus program-over one million people using it, so it shouldnt have anything malicious  See also: Link   ticker I noticed that my PC was running a little slow so I opened the task manger and looked at the processes and this one is using 90-98 percent of the CPU, is this normal?   Dave part of Avg Anti virus   alerts when virus detected!   AVG Antivirus procecess   avg anti virus   avg antivirus utility used to update and manage the control center   DarkPower I actually have another anti-virus program, McAfee Virus-Scan Enterprise(althogh my subscription expired and I did not renew it). Even though it hadn't been updated, it ran an automatic scan and picked up avgamsvr.exe as a Trojan. It might be a false alarm, but I'm not entirely sure.   as ticker said, also a very small resource hog   Cpt_Howdy part of an anti-virus program. anti-virus programs sometimes report other anti-virus programs as viruses or trojans.   AVG Control Alert Manager, I believe it's the resident scanner in AVG anti-virus  See also: Link   JOhn IT'S an essential part of AVG anti virus not dangerous at all   Barnegat P. Blummis part of AVG, safe, absolutely   tom part of AVG Has to be a false alarm over a million people have it on their computers.   atomsmasher1 it's a good thing, it is protecting your pc.   Part of AVG, a great antivirus package   Ras AVG component - Safe   Niall AVG antivirus stuff, it all good   RENO It would only be using a lot of the CPU if the scanner was currently running. If it says 98% and the scanner isn't running, check that it's not another file NAMED the same as AVG   Nancy It chugs system. Wish my company didn't make us have it installed with current configuration. When used with Outlook it drains performance, often consuming 45-50% of CPU cycles (XP, Dual 2.66 GHx Xeon, 2GB RAM)   RandomAccess It make momery problem. its file size is directly propertional to time. I am using Adobe Illustrator 10, which required some memory spaces. Thats why it makes problem while we want to load any other program like Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, Corel Draw and so on. Because they required memeory but avgamsvr.exe occupy too much memory spaces continuously.   Chandresh Kesri safe, part of AVG, uses a lot of OS paged pool memory though, can cause crashes with source based games  See also: Link   Dan It is loaded on my computer and blocks my SMTP server. If I use the task manager to stop it from running, my email (Outlook 2003) works great.   Daniel L. McGrew It slows down my computer during the update process. You can avoid the slowdown by rebooting as soon as the update file is 100% downloaded.   dave Recommended to me by professional computer repairer   Granpa It is part of AVG's antivirus programs and it is impossible to remove even using AVG's removal tool. It is dangerous because it can interfere with the functioning of other anti-virus programs like McAfee. Due to it being hard to completely uninstall AVG, I advise others to never ever use their software. Ever.   Anthony Barnes If you know more about avgamsvr.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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