The awrtpd.sys file is the process called Driver for Ad-Watch Real-Time Process Protection that is used by the application AW Realtime Driver developed by Lavasoft AB. This process file is a driver file. A driver is a component of a software that can interact with connected or hardware devices. It can directly access internals of hardware, operating systems, etc. The path for this file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known sizes for the file include 12,960 bytes, 5,632 bytes and 6,272 bytes with 57% occurrence. The driver can be accessed on the Windows Control Panel under Services. The program does not use a visible window. The awrtpd.sys file is not a core file for Windows. Lavasoft is a company that develops anti-spyware products such as Ad-Aware. It offers downloadable, free version of anti-spyware as well as commercial versions.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Ad-Watch Realtime 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 awrtpd.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 awrtpd.sys, belongs to, in this case Ad-Watch Realtime Driver