What is avfwot.sys?

avfwot.sys is part of Firewall TDI filter and developed by Avira GmbH according to the avfwot.sys version information.

avfwot.sys's description is "TDI filtering kernel driver"

avfwot.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avfwot.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirewall TDI filter
Company nameAvira GmbH
File descriptionTDI filtering kernel driver
Internal nameavfwot
Original filenameavfwot.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2006 Avira GmbH. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkAntiVir® is a registered trademark of Avira GmbH, Germany.
Product version7.29.9.6
File version7.29.9.6

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

Product nameFirewall TDI filter
Company nameAvira GmbH
File descriptionTDI filtering kernel driver
Internal nameavfwot
Original filenameavfwot.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2006 Avira GmbH. All ri..
Legal trademarkAntiVir® is a registered trademark ..
Product version7.29.9.6
File version7.29.9.6

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e18ff3b73bd5531efc71a2f5c9e10ec5
SHA25674ab92393c58b7c7fa5da34b119dd5bd9532c7588f76cb99db7edf64c2d693b2

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with avfwot.sys. 40% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 15 users.

User vote results: There were 6 votes to remove and 9 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with avfwot.sys. Only 15 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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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.

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