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Avast.setup file information

The process known as avast! antivirus Update belongs to software avast! Antivirus or avast! Free Antivirus by ALWIL Software (www.avast.com) or AVAST Software (www.avast.com).

Description: avast.setup is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 2,527,280 bytes (17% of all occurrences), 2,514,992 bytes and 14 more variants.
Avast.setup is not a Windows core file. The program is not visible. There is no file information. The application uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet. avast.setup is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 65% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If problems with avast! Antivirus or avast! Free Antivirus come up, you can contact _DEV to assist you, update to a possibly corrected version or uninstall it from your computer using the Control Panel applet "Add/Remove programs".

Recommended: Identify avast.setup related errors

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as avast.setup, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the avast.setup process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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best threat solver
thabo

This file is part of Avast antivirus sw. It is used to update virusdefinitions and Avast program files.

Automatic Program Update for Avast Antivirus
smoke

it disinstalled not working at all
Betty Gregory

avast set up 4.8
heourn

very good anti virus
akram kasibante

to kill virus
joseph

Checking out Startup files
Tom

it seems like the file takes way more control than necessary to protect avast from being uninstalled manually by the user. It is a breach of windows software operation procedures and will even prevent you from turning off its service or ending its processes from windows startup using msconfig.

Program kept running even when avast wasn't, computer running at 100% capacity. Uninstalled Avast and computer has sped up significantly. Windows XP 32-bit.
stevo

Mine was turned off from outside souce and I can't turn back on, uninstall or reinstall
Jeff

avast software setup
tademe

Summary: Average user rating of avast.setup: based on 20 votes with 12 reviews.

13 users think avast.setup is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 1 user think avast.setup is dangerous and recommend removing it. 2 users doesn't grade avast.setup ("not sure about it").

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