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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: cska133 on May 28, 2020, 10:44:48 AM

Title: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: cska133 on May 28, 2020, 10:44:48 AM

I get very often firewall alert that Avast is trying to access protected COM in svchost.exe. WHY?

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: Pondus on May 28, 2020, 11:17:32 AM

Screenshots is often a big help ....

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: cska133 on May 28, 2020, 01:41:09 PM

that is what the Comodo alert says

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: Pondus on May 28, 2020, 01:46:22 PM

Note that you have installed a security program, for it to be able to check for malicious activity/files it need access to evrything

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: cska133 on June 09, 2020, 02:34:34 PM

could you explain these 2 Avast access attempts, see attachments?

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: Pondus on June 09, 2020, 02:43:11 PM

@igor  >>  https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=165027.msg1176364#msg1176364

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: cska133 on June 09, 2020, 03:09:17 PM

sorry, i can not understand your hint, could you explain

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: Pondus on June 09, 2020, 04:00:44 PM

Read Igors post ... AvastUI.exe is avast graphical user interface

Title: Re: why Avast need to access svchost.exe ?
Post by: cska133 on June 09, 2020, 07:03:23 PM

but why it wants to modify PartitionManager Service ??? @igor