pcAnywhere AWUNREG Driver is the service name of the process gernuwa.sys, which is a type of driver file, and a component of the program pcAnywhere or Symantec pcAnywhere, and is developed by Symantec Corporation. The file gernuwa.sys is not just a simple Windows process, but a digitally signed one by Symantec Corporation, through VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer. This implies that the file is an essential data that must not be deleted, terminated or stopped, unless it is causing problems that can affect the performance, speed and stability of the computer system. Furthermore, the gernuwa.sys file needs to continuously run in the background to enables it functions, as well as to execute other bundled modules of the software, to provide their own tasks too. Aside from that, this file is a Windows module, which means it works with most certain versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, and may include later versions, such as Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as pcAnywhere, 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 gernuwa.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 gernuwa.sys, belongs to, in this case pcAnywhere