The avg7rsxp.sys file is the process called AVG Resident Anti-Virus Shield that belongs to the software AVG Anti-Virus System developed by GRISOFT, s.r.o. [later on known as AVG Technologies]. This file is a driver for Windows. A driver functions as a small application that enables the computer to communicate with connected devices and hardware. It can access directly the internals of operating systems, hardware, etc. The path for this file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known sizes for the file include 23,296 bytes, 28,416 bytes, 22,656 bytes, 27,904 bytes and 27,776 bytes with 56% occurrence on Windows XP or 7 operating systems. The application is not visible. It is not a core file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. The file bears no digital signature. Automatic startup locations for the process include installed services and drivers. The version 7.5.0.442 of the file has an MD5 of 04d823d681f0d53191a172c3e667fc33. SHA1 is ac1d81aa635d39788845007a7426e813d6a43c10. SHA256 is 0e7a209bb4369ed3e293387b83eeb15f12bb9f0c85d3443060bf10e582e2d53f.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. avg7rsxp.sys. is used by AVG Anti-Virus System, If you shut down avg7rsxp.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop avg7rsxp.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AVG Anti-Virus System, 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 avg7rsxp.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Anti-Virus System, 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 avg7rsxp.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 avg7rsxp.sys, belongs to, in this case AVG Anti-Virus System