Ad-Aware 2007 Service from Lavasoft, installed through file extension aawservice.exe, is part of the Antivirus suite of the company. The file specifically searches for, and blocks, incoming adware, spyware and malware. It protects the system against phishing by providing users with real-time Web-filtering applications. The file runs as a Windows service, which means that is enabled to run with every PC boot-up, by default. Users may stop the file from running upon startup by disabling it. This is not recommended, however, since it is an Internet filtering service that can keep you protected while you surf the Web. The file is generally installed in the Program Files folder of the PC. You can find it in C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\aawservice.exe. Its size is generally 2.05 MB. Users may find the service as taking over CPU memory, as it has an average CPU utilization of 0.03103%, a rate that is way above the average CPU usage of most programs. Its average I/O read and write operations is also above the normal amount per minute, where the normal average is 1,873/minute; and the file’s I/O average is 19,577 per minute.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. aawservice.exe. is used by Ad-Aware 2007 Service, If you shut down aawservice.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop aawservice.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Ad-Aware 2007 Service, 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 aawservice.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Ad-Aware 2007 Service, 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 aawservice.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 aawservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Ad-Aware 2007 Service