The avgarcln.sys file is known as the process AVG7 Clean Driver that belongs to the application AVG Anti-Rootkit Clean Driver developed by GRISOFT, s.r.o. [now known as AVG Technologies]. This process file is a driver for Windows. A driver functions as a small software that enables the computer to communicate with connected devices and hardware. The driver can directly access internals of hardware, operating systems, etc. The path for this file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers. The size of avgarcln.sys is 3,968 bytes on Windows 7 or XP systems. There is no visible window for this program. The avgarcln.sys file is not a system file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. This file is created with the following known filenames: %ProgramFiles%\grisoft\avg anti-rootkit free\avgarcln.sys and %System%\drivers\avgarcln.sys. %ProgramFiles% is a variable pertaining to Program Files folder such as C:\Program Files. %System% is a variable pertaining to System folder such as C:\Windows\system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Anti-Rootkit Clean 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 avgarcln.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 avgarcln.sys, belongs to, in this case AVG Anti-Rootkit Clean Driver