How to remove an avguard error

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Avguard.exe file information

The process known as Antivirus On-Access Service or Antivirus On-Access File Guard or Antivirus Service for Windows XP/2000/NT or Avira On-Access Service

belongs to software Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or Avira AntiVir Personal - Free or AntiVir PersonalEdition or Windows XP/2000/XP Guard Service or Avira Free Antivirus or Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus or Avira Premium Security Suite or AntiVir Workstation

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

Description: The file avguard.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of the "My Files" folder or in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" or in a subfolder of Windows Temp folder (typically C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\). Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 204,840 bytes (15% of all occurrences), 191,016 bytes and 36 more variants.
The program is not visible. File avguard.exe is not a Windows core file. The program uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet. Therefore the technical security rating is 54% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
The software publisher Avira provides direct support (www.avira.com/en/technical_support) and update information (www.free-av.com). You could remove the entire program Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or AntiVir PersonalEdition using Windows Control Panel.

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If avguard.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 56% dangerous. The file size is 204,840 bytes (22% of all occurrences), 202,792 bytes and 9 more variants. The program has no visible window. It is not a Windows core file. Program uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet.
You could remove the entire program Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition or AntiVir PersonalEdition using Windows Control Panel.

If avguard.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows, the security rating is 90% dangerous. The file size is 100,864 bytes. There is no file information. The program is not visible. File avguard.exe is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. Avguard.exe is not a Windows system file. User opinion: dangerous avguard.exe seems to be a compressed file.

External information from Paul Collins:

"Special Firewall Service" definitely not required. Added by the NETSKY.G WORM!

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

i not dangerous but it slow down computer
lie

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.
Kat again (further information)

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!.
VaLo (further information)

I switched off in order to stop it running.This deleted all my Outlook Express emails - about 8000 of them.
Peter Bright

It is Avira AntiVir Guard process
eSPeWe

AntiVir
Nirmat

In most cases it is part of Antivir antivirus. Slight chance of it being the Netsky virus.

It is part of a free antivirus download (Avira)
John

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Summary: Average user rating of avguard.exe: based on 105 votes with 9 reviews.

87 users think avguard.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 8 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 5 users think avguard.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 9 users doesn't grade avguard.exe ("not sure about it").

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