Sophos Anti-Virus is the software that is most associated with the file savservice.exe. The file actually serves as the main executable for the software. Launching the file will launch the software. It is therefore of vital importance that the file remain intact, uncorrupted, and enabled at all times so your PC can fully benefit from its virus protection service. The file is initiated when you start your PC, and will automatically launch once system booting has been completed. It will run in the background while you do your computer activities, to make certain that it can catch any malicious file in real-time. The file is typically installed in the following file path: C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\savservice.exe. File size is usually pegged at 97.5 KB. The file, although providing an effective AV application, has been found to take up almost one hundred percent of CPU resources. Generally, the file was found to consume CPU resources when the option “scan inside archived files” is selected, or when the application is configured to scan all file extensions.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Sophos Anti-Virus, 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 savservice.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 savservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Sophos Anti-Virus