This process implements the email scanning features of the AVG AntiVirus program; it scans incoming and outgoing emails to ensure that you do not acquire an infection from email senders, and you don't send viruses if you are infected. The process should be left running if you have email scanning enabled; it should not be present otherwise and if so, can be terminated. 

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3502 users ask for this file. 78 users rated it as not dangerous. 2 users rated it as not so dangerous. 5 users rated it as neutral. 3 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 5 users didn't rate it ("don't know").

All comments about avgemc.exe: Antivirus software   Andy in Sweden AVG E-mail Scanner  See also: Link   Marcello AVG Email scanner   DJ av software, and FREE to boot!   nick it belongs to avg   george Anti-Virus 7.0 Email Cleaner. Scans incoming and outgoing email for viruses.   Allan I am using since three years and never had any problem   Khan This ist from AVG, an Anti-Virus Scanner, and it is a very good one at that job.   JOE VREELAND AVG-email scanner.   tzibei Completely legitimate so long as you actualy are running the rest of AVG. Can cause some slight delays with sending/recieving mail but this is negligable and harmless.   Nick Anti-Virus 7.0 Email Cleaner. Scans incoming and outgoing email for viruses.   Stu Belongs to AVG Antivirus software  See also: Link   Initializes to check all incoming and outgoing emails for viruses. AVG is a vital program for the safety of your pc. I've been using AVG for 5 yrs and it has saved my computer from countless attacks.  See also: Link   Shari safe   mac1 AVG Email Cleaner   BillyKid AntiVirus Email perfectly safe and free  See also: Link   Andrew No problems yet - Free Anti Virus programme   Rachael Anti-virus email scanner   safe, and if you try to remove, youll get an annoying "AVG Antivirus Email Scanner is not working properly" messege every time you start your computer   pooman Part of AVG anivirus software (best free antivirus software on 'net; used for a few years)   Wayne This is very safe. Has help control mail viruses, Part of AVG Antivirus software  See also: Link   MCDST Certified This is an Antivirus software - Avg Antivirus   Daniel Johansson It scans your outgoing and incoming e-mails   Piggy Its a virus email scanner...   ↔ It's AntiVirus program duh!   Munch Antivirus   Raf Very good   Wilfried Malisse - B Anti Virus, It's oke!   holland avg free edition email checker   Kim It pops up every few minutes even when I am not on-line. Makes me worry.   Cheryl Its a virus email scanner   User This program appears to be safe but re cently ive noticed the program activating itself when theres no incoming and outgoing email. When i have checked the logs it appears some outsiders have been attempting to access my pc through this process and have connected for short periods   harmless file no problems safe   Raymond Splendid with updates !   Josep Exellent   Bryan AVG - excellent AV & scanner   Andehh AVG scanner don't remove if you are using AVG   Awesome anti virus and free   Dave Email Scanner for AVG Antivirus   Lexx I have a attention on my window it wont go   margaret I have been using this for years, good antivirus program, best of the free ones for sure! 5 Stars!   Dusitn N. if your avg is scheduled to check it will popup even when your not online, its harmless   zdtbu AVG email scanner   Kari AntiVirus Email scanner - FREE from Grisoft.com  See also: Link   PDBjr AVG free antivirus scanner, great software if you're on a budget.   Nuke AVG 4.5 Free   it's a part of AVGrisoft installation   it is or was part of AVG whom i trustred for years /but acting funny now   william zsukeljuma/at/yahoocom if you are a gamer you need to disable the auto update and schedular...can cause hangups during play.   AVG E-mail Scanner   Salman E-Mail Scanning Components of Grisofts AVG Free Anti Virus   Ben it is an antivirus   U.S.A antivirus   pc world rated it #1 for a freebie...  See also: Link   the wolf conflicting information regarding this process   Dr. Leonard antivirus with avg muy bueno y gratuito   vivian wienholds It is suppose to scan emails (in/out) but because it keeps running even when the email software is 'off', it is clear that it is performing some 'extra curriculum' activitaties. It could very well be reporting 'key words' content on the emails back to Grisoft (who makes AVG) - nothing is free - so it would not surprise me   Mr. Mike PC its an email scanner, but lately its been funning my cpu 100%   mikey_albany This file is part of AVG (Email scanner for Microsoft Exchange Server). It takes up huge amounts of processor time (between 50% and 98%) when a new email is delivered via Microsoft Exchange POP server.   Lloyd D cause 100% CPU memory use. After disabling, CPU memory use is back to normal   Thomas It depends. Something a lot of people don't know is that when you install avg for free, it permanently writes itself into your registry. So say you decide to finally buy "Kaspersky" or some other security suite. Because avg wrote itself into your registry it is now impossible for you to switch to any other anti-virus. Personally avg is a pain. It's slow to the point its meaning less to scan, its free (Ie you get what you pay for), and there is the registry issue. The only way to completely uninstall it is to wipe your drives and start over. Wouldn't you call that malicious?  See also: Link   Dweller If you know more about avgemc.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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