The avg7rsw.sys file is the process called AVG Resident Shield Unload Helper that belongs to the application AVG Anti-Virus System developed by GRISOFT, s.r.o. [now AVG Technologies]. This file is a Windows driver. A driver is a small program that lets the computer communicate with connected devices or hardware. A driver can directly access the internals of hardware, operating system, etc. The process file is in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known sizes for the file include 4,320 bytes, 4,288 bytes and 4,224 bytes with 51% occurrence on Windows 7 or Windows XP system. It is not a visible program. The avg7rsw.sys file is a non-system file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. There is no digital signature for this file. Automatic startup locations for this process include installed drivers and installed services.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. avg7rsw.sys. is used by AVG Anti-Virus System, If you shut down avg7rsw.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop avg7rsw.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AVG Anti-Virus System, 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 avg7rsw.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Anti-Virus System, 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 avg7rsw.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 avg7rsw.sys, belongs to, in this case AVG Anti-Virus System