How to Remove “avgemc.exe”

What is avgemc.exe?

avgemc.exe is a legitimate executable file developed by AVG Technologies CZ. This process is known as AVG E-Mail Scanner and it belongs to the AVG Antivirus software. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files.
Malware authors find a way out to mimic malicious programs in the name of avgemc.exe to spread malware infection.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to detect whether your system is affected by avgemc.exe ?

Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:

  • Problem during computer start-up.
  • Problem during program start-up.
  • Errors while running specific functions.
  • Damaged and missing link files.
  • Conflict in the process.
  • Missing or corrupted driver files.
  • Invalid Windows registry.
  • Hardware malfunction.

To further establish the infection of malware, take the following steps:

  • Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
  • Go to the process tab and right-click on the avgemc.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Program Files folder, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.

How does Comodo Antivirus help you to protect your system from avgemc.exe malware?

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Step 6: Initiate a quick scan that instantly begins after the update.

Step 7: If the system is infected with avgemc.exe malware or any other threats, you will be prompted with an alert screen upon scanning.

Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove avgemc.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!
 

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 01 April 2008 at 3:34 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. Executable 8351103a4d20257f
2eee758dfdf361b0
14c82b14
ac655c23ad67366e
0bd5d2c81a30831e
Virus.Win32.
Downloader.B
I
No 8.0.0.159 8.0.0.159 Malaysia N/A
2 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. Executable d6fb55379e5b213c
44f9387ce18762f2
1dda1e76
92dfbee05d6d6d80
59686fa3d739885b
Virus.Win32.
Murofet.a
No 9.0.0.663 9.0.0.663 United States N/A
3 N/A Executable 02ca544af0108521
e331707125bdd761
b7e77039
6663349a4f7dbf2a
11f23589ab8248e8
Virus.Win32.
Virut.Ce
No N/A N/A United States N/A
4 GRISOFT, s.r.o. Executable 31bcfba935006542
6f12731979ccb9f7
fbe94b5a
0d1a5f219798751c
68cc633539a6a1c9
Virus.Win32.
Sality.d24
No 7.5.0.494 7.5.0.494 Pakistan N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 04 June 2008 at 1:29 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. Executable 6a60e6d706cfe619
2da5fea2acd8aa9a
9524c87c
b9ae3c63a53396cd
669ef8ae9c9cbd85
Yes 8.5.0.401 8.5.0.401 United States
2 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. Executable 324df49011266bad
2ebed90793866312
e0bd2456
38c118a03e053313
c23b62588fb08e69
Yes 8.5.0.305 8.5.0.305 Internal Submission
3 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. Executable 6a60e6d706cfe619
2da5fea2acd8aa9a
9524c87c
b9ae3c63a53396cd
669ef8ae9c9cbd85
Yes 8.5.0.401 8.5.0.401 Internal Submission
4 GRISOFT, s.r.o. Executable df3255cdb3c15490
ed70b65f4ab41029
181dcfdf
7fae48694b7e9cd9
2c8294e8566fc7af
No 7,1,0,300 7.1.0.300 United Kingdom
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  • 32 items per page
 
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