Most anti-virus programs and user reviews have reported the avmp.exe file as a malware such as Symantec that identifies this process as Trojan.Gen. A Trojan or Trojan Horse is a kind of malware that is non-self-replicating. It may seem to be performing a desirable action but it is actually dropping malicious load. It can use a backdoor to allow unauthorized access to the user’s computer. Hackers take advantage of this function. Trojans do not inject themselves into other programs or files the way virus does. Trojans harm the system or steal information. It can access or penetrate the system through online games, downloads and other applications taken from the Internet. It can change or delete files. It can cause the computer to crash or may also cause blue screen of death. It can upload files to the user’s computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Trojan.Gen, 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 avmp.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 avmp.exe, belongs to, in this case Trojan.Gen