File extension avatar

Name: Raster Image Files

Popularity: 3

Open With: Google Talk

What is this avatar file?

Profile picture used by Google Talk, an online chatting application; stores a bitmap image in a .JPG or .PNG image format; used for displaying an image alongside each name in a user's friends list, as well as during chatting sessions. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, AVATAR files are stored in the [user]\AppData\Local\Google\Google Talk\avatars\ directory. NOTE: You can typically rename AVATAR files with the ".jpg" or ".png" extension and then view them with a standard image viewer.