What is avguniva.sys?

avguniva.sys is part of AVG Internet Security and developed by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. according to the avguniva.sys version information.

avguniva.sys's description is "AVG Universal Driver"

avguniva.sys is digitally signed by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o..

avguniva.sys is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about avguniva.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avguniva.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameAVG Internet Security
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Universal Driver
Internal nameavguniva.sys
Original filenameavguniva.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2016 AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Private buildx64 Release_Unicode_DRIVER
Product version16.40.0.7408
File version16.40.0.7408
Special buildAvCompile_2016_0108_103803(7408), SVNRev 51688b1d915df446f2402fe327685ab42989f5c2 (av/devel), av, gbn 16.40.1.50924

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAVG Internet Security
Company nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Universal Driver
Internal nameavguniva.sys
Original filenameavguniva.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2016 AVG Technologies ..
Private buildx64 Release_Unicode_DRIVER
Product version16.40.0.7408
File version16.40.0.7408
Special buildAvCompile_2016_0108_103803(7408), SV..

Digital signatures [?]

avguniva.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number266d333ede17a8b472053e4fa3934572

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avguniva.sys file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the avguniva.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5eaded7133726feec05c3a7cf0f661590
SHA2562b8a912b77e3a78d44ba0689bdb75df7838ac18ef153191229019c4daed93b7b

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with avguniva.sys. 72% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 18 users.

User vote results: There were 13 votes to remove and 5 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Henk v Hoek writes

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Hello , my pc with win10 doesn't do anything anymore because of this: bestand:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\avguniva.sys
I can't startup the pc,no secure mode,totally nothing.What can I do now? I hope you ca help me fix the problem!
Best regards,
Henk

# 19 Aug 2016, 2:58

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