How to remove an fwdrv error

Fwdrv.sys is a Windows driver. A driver is a small software program that allows your computer to communicate with hardware or connected devices. This means that a driver has direct access to the internals of the OS, hardware etc.
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Fwdrv.sys file information

The process known as Sunbelt Personal Firewall FWDRV belongs to software Kerio Personal Firewall or Tiny Personal Firewall Driver or Kerio Personal Firewall Driver or Sunbelt Personal Firewall or Firewall Driver by Kerio Technologies (www.kerio.com) or Sunbelt Software (www.sunbelt-software.com).

Description: fwdrv.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 286,720 bytes (21% of all occurrences), 102,912 bytes and 8 more variants.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. The program has no visible window. The service has no detailed description. Fwdrv.sys is not a Windows system file. There is no description of the program. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. fwdrv.sys seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 36% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If problems with Kerio Personal Firewall or Sunbelt Personal Firewall come up, you could completely remove it (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs).

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as fwdrv.sys, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the fwdrv.sys process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

seems to belong to Keiro Firewall
Alexander

Kerio Personal Trojan... erm, Firewall ;)
custo (further information)

Used by Tiny Personal firewall as well. Sometimes causes BSOD when doing kernel debugging though...
Me

Kerio Firewall

it belongs to Kerio Firewall
Manuel

it doesn't run as a service, Kerio Personal Firewall hooks into it (via \Device\FWDRV) and it hooks into certain operating functions relating to process starting/suspending/stopping and file writing
Jon

Used by Kerio Firewall - can cause Blue Screen of Death

Firewall related sys file.
ShambleS

Belongs to Kerio , VirusTotal detection rate: 0/42 ; Malwarebytes : result clean ;

Summary: Average user rating of fwdrv.sys: based on 15 votes with 9 reviews.

8 users think fwdrv.sys is essential for Windows or an installed application. 5 users think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.

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