Avp exe

[paulindallas]

Hello, I'm running XP sp3 with Kaspersky PURE for about 2 months. Computer runs slower and slower. Shutdown is also slow and sometimes I have to force a shutdown. AVP.EXE is the file that seems to be slowing the computer and hanging shutdown.
Does this sound right to you and what are my options?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It depends on the location of the file. If legit, it should be in this type of location:

C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\< your Kaspersky product here>\avp.exe

It should not be in C:\Windows\system32

Malware sometimes uses legit file names in non-standard locations in the hope of not being noticed.