AVG Resident Shield Service, executed from the file avgrsa.exe, is the main component of AVG’s Antivirus suite. This process is the backbone of AVG Antivirus, providing instant protection for computers against the most common security threats: viruses, Trojans, process and browser hijackers, malware and spyware. This is a Windows service that runs in the background, and should be allowed to start once the OS is launched at startup. The file checks every file and document being sent and received, every browser activity, every website that the user visits, every email and its attachments, and every online game being accessed. In other words, the Resident Shield Service is the one responsible for immediate tracking of malicious files before they are accessed by the user. No matter what AVG Antivirus software you have installed on your PC, you are sure to get the avgrsa.exe file. The process is normally installed in its common path: C:\Program Files\AVG\avgrsa.exe. It uses about 82.71 of private memory, and has a file size of 1.11 MB.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Resident Shield 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 avgrsa.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 avgrsa.exe, belongs to, in this case AVG Resident Shield Service