The avw.exe file is the process called Maximum Protection Antivirus that is associated with the application Data Becker Internet Security that is authored by DATA BECKER. The directory of this process file is in the subfolder C:\Program Files. Known sizes for this file include 1,224,192 bytes, 1,256,448 bytes and 1,266,688 bytes with 66% occurrence. This application uses an icon that is placed on the task bar that is usually next to the clock. The avw.exe process can record keyboard inputs. It is not a core file for Windows. It can monitor programs. Data Becker Maximum Protection Internet Security Suite version 2006 offers security services including anti-virus, phishing protection, anti-spam, anti-spyware and firewall. The full version provides licencse for a single user. It can run on Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems. It is compatible with Pentium 32 bit processor with 500 MHz clock frequency, 128 MB or random access memory or RAM and 150 MB of hard disk drive.

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