"avguard.exe" is part of H+BEDV"s AntiVir antivirus product. If you are using this product to protect your system, you should leave this process alone.  

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Users Opinions

5024 users ask for this file. 87 users rated it as not dangerous. 2 users rated it as not so dangerous. 8 users rated it as neutral. 3 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 5 users rated it as dangerous. 9 users didn't rate it ("don't know").

All comments about avguard.exe: Viriscanner   huhu Part of an antivirus programm  See also: Link   Bernd Vir-Scanner AVFree   jimmybondi007 Service of an freeware AntiVirus programm   Lunkens das is cool :P lösch es lieber nicht!!!11   bOla Part or antivir software  See also: Link   007 Anti Virus Software  See also: Link   Dr_Enquinox Teil vin AntivirXp   Andy This is part of a mailing worm called Netsky.G virus. Search in google   Virenscanner Software  See also: Link   Dreamstar powerfull scanner   asp Virenscanner  See also: Link   a dree german vir-scanner   Its part of AntiVir Virus Scanner,  See also: Link   LordFireFox Blockt Viren   Kevin König Part of antivir personal edition, free antivirus program   This file is a part of NetSky.G  See also: Link   Pwnz it is part of the ANTIVIR program but antivir is not the best real time virus protection thats why its still free   Virenschutzprogramm   virus scanner   part of antivirus  See also: Link   d. Great virus scanner  See also: Link   Thumbs_0 Ist der Anti Viren-Guard von AntiVir XP und is zu 100% harmlos   Philipp Antivir Service  See also: Link   Stefan yes its an antivirus but why does it need internet access??? (possibly it is free for a reason that may pose a threat!?!), if blocked by a firewall it appears to deactivate the antivirus monitor but with no internet access available it runs fine   OKI It's Cool, Great & powerful AntiVirus, which is free!!! I would Download it If one is in need of an antivirus program   MB STYLER but you won't have the latest database so you won't be protected fully if you do not update it (via Internet)   O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [bxxs5] RunDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\bxxs5.dll,DllRun   Virenscanner  See also: Link   Keggy good free antivirus   AntiVir Virenscanner   Muflash its is avires scanner that olso bloks trojans from internet it needs the internet to prevent you from downlaoding trojan horses vires worms enz   Rodekater is part of AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic  See also: Link   Daniel AntiVir Antivirus - good stuff  See also: Link   elaine Part of an Antivirus Program   Relique AVG Antivirus -Freeware -  See also: Link   Mäv Antivirus Program Module  See also: Link   Oleg Sokolovskiy Antivirus   Brody Virenscanner   rUNNER HBDV Virenscanner  See also: Link   GlobalPlayer Völlig harmlos (Virenscanner)   Mäsi The process for the guard feature of the AntiVir virus scanner. Not dangerous, quite the contrary actually. It lets AntiVir scan files that are opened for viruses giving additional protection against them.   Avira Antivir. Not dangerous at all.   Darknesshell Sehr Resourssenaufwändig BAD!!!  See also: Link   Nimda Virenscanner   Morgaelin Avira AV program   Maldrion not to worry, its safe and does yts jov well   fred It is an executeable file in the "free" Personal AntiVirus   The Traveler AntiVir Virenscanner  See also: Link   Cpt. Kraut Avira anti virus service: detect malware intrusion. Actually it does NOT need internet access, but only localhost socket. Using ZoneAlarm 6 you can block both local networks and internet access, it still runs smoothly, when blocking access to localhost using a more refined method (NetLimiter Pro "My Computer" fw blocking) then the avguard process cease to function properly (stalled shown under ProcessExplorer v10) with repeated sub process creation attempting to access 127.0.0.1 Therefore there is no privacy or trojan kind risk, IMHO. Only boredom: use 55MB RAM & network IO scrolling!   Gilles Maisonneuve antivirus avira   krissss After installing "Advanced SystemCare free" and do the corrections recommended made by the software, problem dissapeared.   Victor Hooks into Quicken and the task scheduler. Doesn't seem safe to me... Run Russinovichs' Process explorer.   a_smith Its connected to Avira's antivirus.  See also: Link   Faye Makes your HD light blink around 1 time per second or so   Tim Virenscanner   Avira AntiVir, free Antivirus program   Known It is part of a free antivirus download (Avira)   John In most cases it is part of Antivir antivirus. Slight chance of it being the Netsky virus.   AntiVir   Nirmat It is Avira AntiVir Guard process   eSPeWe I switched off in order to stop it running.This deleted all my Outlook Express emails - about 8000 of them.   Peter Bright It's the Avira Guard (Avira Antivirus!). You can't end it because its system locked by Avira Antivirus!. This proccess protect your computer by viruses!.  See also: Link   VaLo This is malware masquerading as anti-virus software. One of its processes show up on TaskManager as 2239218007:2822670458.exe. Deleting it won't help. It disables your real anti-virus software.  See also: Link   Kat again i not dangerous but it slow down computer   lie If you know more about avguard.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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