What is avgw.exe? Is avgw.exe spyware or a virus?
How to fix avgw.exe related problems?
1. Run Security Task Manager to check your avgw process
2. Run a Windows Repair Tool to fix avgw.exe related PC problems
3. Run an Antivirus to find persistent malware
Process name: AVG Launcher
Product: AVG Anti-Virus system
Support: Help link Update link Uninstall tool
Company: AVG Technologies (avg.com)
File: avgw.exe
The launcher for AVG AntiVirus, avgw.exe loads the necessary dll files for the AVG AntiVirus Suite. AVG AntiVirus includes on-access real-time scanning as well as the ability to run instant or scheduled on-demand scans. Founded in 1991, AVG Technologies is based in the Netherlands and focuses primarily on security software.
If you want a detailed security rating about your avgw.exe (and all other running background processes) read the following user opinions, and download the free trial version of Security Task Manager.
Note: Any malware can be named anything - so you should check where the files of the running processes are located on your disk. If a "non-Microsoft" .exe file is located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, then there is a high risk for a virus, spyware, trojan or worm infection! Check it out!
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Users Opinions
Average user rating of avgw.exe: based on 34 votes. Read also the 26 reviews.
3 users ask for this file. 29 users rated it as not dangerous. One user rated it as not so dangerous. 2 users rated it as neutral. 2 users rated it as dangerous. 2 users didn't rate it ("don't know").
| All comments about avgw.exe: | |
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| AVG Anti Virus See also: Link Docteur Maboul | |
| AVG Anti Virus valu | |
| AVG Antivirus | |
| AVG Anti-Virus System See also: Link Tragé | |
| AVG anti virus See also: Link Adam | |
| It's an free anti-virus program called AVG. See also: Link Matthew Boyd | |
| AVG Anti-virus.. don't worry! Dunmaster | |
| It is an internal anti-virus monitoring program in Grisoft's AVG 7.1. There are several versions of AVG, one free and others for a fee. See also: Link John Lewis Highsmith | |
| Grisoft Antivirus Gries | |
| AVG Anti-virus See also: Link | |
| AVG Harmless Eduardo | |
| good antivirus software P.Hristov | |
| avg is a great product | |
| takes up loads of CPU at startup, but a good reliable little app | |
| AVG Antivirus, runs in the background. Should be the resident shield, based on constant cpu usage. See also: Link | |
| Not Dangerous | |
| This process can cause performance degradation. It is harmless by itself, but you may find that it eats up a LOT of CPU cycles, and forces your computer to constantly it the Virtual Memory Cache. Kyle Maxwell | |
| AVG AntiVirus process Pepe | |
| its Anti-virus-guard , harmless See also: Link Oracle | |
| it is meant to protect your system, however the free version is horrible DB | |
| avgw.exe pops up with each boot of XP and return from standby. If I leave it alone it will remain for hours interfearing with any program I attempt to run. awicia | |
| if avgw.exe is eatign up your CPU, open AVG, Click 'scheduled tasks', double-click on 'test plan in basic mode' and uncheck the box that says 'periodically start scheduled antivirus test'. This should stop avgw.exe from eating up your CPU gr34t_adida | |
| Main Module of AVG anti virus John | |
| SAFE. The famous AVG anti-virus software. This protects your system against many threats 24-7. | |
| It s100% safe See also: Link Segadora | |
| this is an exe file to run antivirus scaning | |
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