The avgwfp.sys file is the process that is associated with the software AVG7 Firewall Driver. The process has the description of AVG Windows Filtering Platform Driver. It is a driver for Windows. A driver is a component of a software that interacts with hardware devices. The location of this process file is in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. The size of the file is 47,104 bytes. This driver can be accessed on the Control Panel under Services. It is not a visible program. It is not a core file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. This file is digitally signed by AVG Technologies with the certificate issued by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer – G2. Installed drivers are automatic startup locations for this process. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is offered for non-commercial use to provide protection when searching, social networking and surfing.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. avgwfp.sys. is used by AVG7 Firewall Driver, If you shut down avgwfp.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop avgwfp.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AVG7 Firewall 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 avgwfp.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG7 Firewall 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 avgwfp.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 avgwfp.sys, belongs to, in this case AVG7 Firewall Driver