What is avgarkt.sys?

avgarkt.sys is part of AVG Anti-Rootkit and developed by GRISOFT, s.r.o. according to the avgarkt.sys version information.

avgarkt.sys's description is "AVG Anti-Rootkit Driver"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avgarkt.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameAVG Anti-Rootkit
Company nameGRISOFT, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Anti-Rootkit Driver
Internal nameanti_rkt
Original filenameanti_rkt.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2006 GRISOFT, s.r.o.
Product version1.0.0.13
File version1.0.0.13

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

Product nameAVG Anti-Rootkit
Company nameGRISOFT, s.r.o.
File descriptionAVG Anti-Rootkit Driver
Internal nameanti_rkt
Original filenameanti_rkt.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2006 GRISOFT, s.r.o.
Product version1.0.0.13
File version1.0.0.13

Digital signatures [?]

avgarkt.sys is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avgarkt.sys file.

None of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the avgarkt.sys file.

Folder name variants

avgarkt.sys may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e8054a423e5d2bdae6062bab6da159c4
SHA256c42d5333b7dec3da6cc634d85678a9a19c5945179c0f0f4b5d84718e9ee313c0

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 6 votes to keep

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