The avkservice.exe file is the process called AVKService Module that is used by the software G DATA InternetSecurity that is authored by G DATA Software AG. The location of this executable file is in the subfolder C:\Program Files. Known sizes for avkservice.exe file include 397.312 bytes, 299,008 bytes with 53% occurrence and 11 other variants. This file can hide itself. It is a non-system process that works from the software that is installed in the system. This process is accessible from the Control Panel with the name G DATA InternetSecurity. The avkservice.exe file has a digital signature from G DATA Software AB with certificate issued by Symantec Time Stamping Services Signer – G3 or by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer. The digital signature signed by Lavasoft AB for this file bears the certificate issued by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer – G2. Running processes and services installed are the automatic startup locations for this process.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVKService Module, 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 avkservice.exe. 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 avkservice.exe, belongs to, in this case AVKService Module