The aavgapi.exe is an EXE process also called AVG Security Toolbar broker that is owned by AVG or AVG Free product software. This was developed by AVG Technologies. The AVG Security Toolbar is a security tool that functions with LinkScanner module. This file checks any result that search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, Baidu, Yanex, Ask.com, and others releases to the web. This tool is available in a 2011 edition. If a user chooses to install the toolbar upon the process of AVG installation, it will automatically be added to the toolbars of web browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. The AVG security toolbar’s core function is to control LinkScanner functions and to get and download updates of AVG antivirus. Additional purpose of AVG security toolbar is to alert the user before visiting unsafe sites and web pages.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Security Toolbar, 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 aavgapi.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 aavgapi.exe, belongs to, in this case AVG Security Toolbar