The avscanwy.exe file belongs to the application Data Becker Internet Security with version 2006. This executable file is found in the subfolder C:\Program Files. The size of this file is 487,936 bytes. There is no visible window for this program. It is a non-system file for Windows. This process can record inputs. The Data Becker Internet Security application can be accessed on the Windows Control Panel. Data Becker Maximum Protection Internet Security Suite version 2006 provides security solutions especially involving Internet connection such as anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware, phising protection and anti-spam. The full version provides single user license. It is compatible with MS Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems. It requires Pentium 32-bit processor with 500 MHz clock frequency, 128 MB of RAM [random access memory] and 150 MB HDD [hard disk space].

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Data Becker Internet Security, 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 avscanwy.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 avscanwy.exe, belongs to, in this case Data Becker Internet Security