The aavmker4.sys process is a system driver utility implemented by the Avast! Antivirus System software, which was developed by ALWIL Software for computers running on widely used versions of Microsoft Windows. The aavmker4.sys driver is integrated into the system to efficiently facilitate communications and data transmissions between the components of the Avast! Antivirus System software and the required resource files and modules of the Windows system, and the aavmker4.sys process is specifically deployed as the Avast! Base Kernel-Mode device driver module for Windows 2000, NT and XP. This driver is built into the Avast! Antivirus System software and is integrated into the Windows-based computer upon the placement of the aavmker4.sys file in the System32 folder under the Windows directory of the system partition, which is done during the installation of the Avast! Antivirus System software.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. aavmker4.sys. is used by Avast! Antivirus System and Avast! Base Kernel-Mode device driver, If you shut down aavmker4.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop aavmker4.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Avast! Antivirus System and Avast! Base Kernel-Mode device driver, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed aavmker4.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Avast! Antivirus System and Avast! Base Kernel-Mode device driver, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if aavmker4.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that aavmker4.sys, belongs to, in this case Avast! Antivirus System and Avast! Base Kernel-Mode device driver