The avgio.sys file belongs to the process Avira AntiVir Support for Minifilter that is used by the application Avira AntiVir Personal Edition that is developed by Avira GmbH. This system file is a driver for Windows. A driver allows the computer to communicate with the hardware or devices connected. It can access internals such as hardware or operating system directly. The avgio.sys file is in the subfolder C:\Program Files. Known sizes for the file include 7,296 bytes, 7,040 bytes, 11,840 bytes and 7,168 bytes with 30% occurrence. This program does not have a visible window. It is a core file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. This file is digitally signed by Avira GmbH with certificate issued by VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer. Automatic startup locations for the process include drivers installed. The Avira Free Antivirus Software can remove malware and provide protection against worms, viruses and Trojans.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Avira AntiVir Personal Edition or Avira AntiVir Personal- Free, 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 avgio.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 avgio.sys, belongs to, in this case Avira AntiVir Personal Edition or Avira AntiVir Personal- Free