How to remove an avgnt error

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Avgnt.exe file information

The process known as Antivirus System Tray Tool or Avira System Tray Tool or AntiVir Guard/XP Control Program

belongs to software Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or Avira AntiVir Personal - Free or Avira Free Antivirus or AntiVir PersonalEdition or Avira Premium Security Suite or AntiVir Guard Control Program or Avira AntiVir Premium or Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus or Avira Internet Security (version 2012) or AntiVir Workstation

by Avira GmbH (www.avira.com) or Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG or H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH (www.free-av.com).

Description: The file avgnt.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" (usually C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\). Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 233,512 bytes (13% of all occurrences), 229,416 bytes and 25 more variants.
There is an icon for this program on the taskbar next to the clock. Avgnt.exe is not a Windows core file. The application listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. Therefore the technical security rating is 39% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you encounter difficulties with avgnt.exe, you may want to remove the entire program Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or AntiVir PersonalEdition using Windows Control Panel.

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If avgnt.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 45% dangerous. The file size is 327,720 bytes (40% of all occurrences), 262,184 bytes or 180,327 bytes. File avgnt.exe is not a Windows core file. The process listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. The program is not visible. Program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders).
If you encounter difficulties with avgnt.exe, you may want to remove the entire program Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or AntiVir/XP using Windows Control Panel.

If avgnt.exe is located in a subfolder of the "My Files" folder, the security rating is 66% dangerous. The file size is 233,512 bytes. The program is not visible. Program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). The process listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. Avgnt.exe is not a Windows system file.
If you encounter difficulties with avgnt.exe, you may want to remove the entire program Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition using Windows Control Panel.

If avgnt.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings", the security rating is 56% dangerous. The file size is 103,280 bytes.

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as avgnt.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the avgnt.exe 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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Infusion

It is not needed to protect your pc.. Close down the process then download the eicar test virus http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm and you will find that avguard is still running which protects you. avguard does not appear in stsrtup it runs automatically , avgnt can be removed from startup after the update schedule has been set and the updater will still run. However this way you will have to terminate avgnt again afterwards. I prefer to chain my browser launch to "preupd.exe" which just launchs the updater at browser launch so I do not forget.
Fiddler

belongs to avira antivir
Thomas S.

It is the system tray (notifacation area) App that starts Avira AntiVir
J4mes

hmm ka ich hab antivir druff aber der prozess ist erst vor kurzem gekommen also bin ich mir net schlüssig wenn man den prozess beenden tut dann is nur das icon von antivir dicht aber sonst nix antivir leuft noch denke das das nen update war aber kann au virus sein mir egal mein rechner leuft noch super und kumpel sein antivir is au net auf ne datei auf mein win ordner angeschlagen also denk ma is alles in ordnung xD
Headshot91 (R)

Seit "The application module C:\Programme\AntiVirPersonalEditionClassic\avewin32.dll cannot be found or has been modified or destroyed.", läuft AntiVir gar nicht mehr. "The AVGNT.EXE cannot be started. Please check your installation!" ... Gut, dass ich noch andere Back-Up Plans habe. Firma antwortet nicht auf wiederhlolte Anfrage.
Eric Prawit

trojan!!!! rename it self to avgnt.exe and auto shut down my pc, antivir_workstation .......... cannot be install
asnuk

Part of the Avira AntiVir - Package. It's the automatic updating service.
Anja

Summary: Average user rating of avgnt.exe: based on 33 votes with 9 reviews.

22 users think avgnt.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 4 users think it's probably harmless. 6 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user think avgnt.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 1 user doesn't grade avgnt.exe ("not sure about it").

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