The avgclean.sys file pertains to the process AVG7 Clean Driver that belongs to the application AVG Clean Driver that is authored by GRISOFT, s.r.o. [now known as AVG Technologies]. This process file is a driver for Windows. A driver enables the computer to communicate with connected devices or hardware. It can directly access the internals such as operating systems and hardware. The location of this driver is in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known sizes for this file include 10,760 bytes and 3,968 bytes with 75% occurrence on Windows XP or 7 systems. This application is not visible. The avgclean.sys file is not a core file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. This file is digitally signed by GRISOFT, s.r.o. with certificate issued by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer – G2. Automatic startup locations of this process include installed services and drivers.

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

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