Known by the service or process name Antivirus Filter Driver, or Panda Driver, the av5flt.sys (driver) file, is a component of the software product branded as Antivirus Filter Driver, or Panda Antivirus, which is an antivirus or security application that is developed by Panda Security, S.L. Panda Antivirus is a security program that is intended to protect the computer from all kinds of threats, whether known or unknown, as well as online fraud, scam, spam, identity theft, and hacking. The av5flt.sys file, which is digitally signed from Panda Security S.L - VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer - G2, is among the components that are downloaded and begin to launch theirselves in the background of the computer system, once the installation process has been successfully completed. The av5flt.sys process is able to operate and manage the program, as a driver file is made to simplify any programming, which is to serve as a translator between the software that is installed in the computer and the hardware application.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. av5flt.sys. is used by Antivirus Filter Driver or Panda Antivirus, If you shut down av5flt.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop av5flt.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Antivirus Filter Driver or Panda Antivirus, 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 av5flt.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Antivirus Filter Driver or Panda Antivirus, 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 av5flt.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 av5flt.sys, belongs to, in this case Antivirus Filter Driver or Panda Antivirus