The process file, audstub.sys (version 5.1.2600.0 [xplclient.010817-1148]), is classified as a Windows Driver and a sound card that is also known as AudStub Driver that is part of the software, Audio Stub Driver or Microsoft Windows Operating System, as developed by the Company, Microsoft. Further to this, it is also known by another product name as AVG IDS, which is described as an IDS Universal Driver, developed by the Company, AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.. The process file, audstub.sys is considered to have the following features: a compressed file, a Windows system file, and a Microsoft signed file, where the issuer of the certificate is known to be given by Verisign Time Stamping Service CA SW1 and the signer as Microsoft Windows 2000 Publisher (Europe). The process file, audstub.sys is found to be located in the subfolder C:\Windows\System 32\drivers with directory C:\. On Windows 7 or XP, the process file has a size of 3,072 bytes.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. audstub.sys. is used by AudStub Driver, If you shut down audstub.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop audstub.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AudStub 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 audstub.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AudStub 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 audstub.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 audstub.sys, belongs to, in this case AudStub Driver