Exchange 2007 EdgeSync Service Failed

On our Exchange 2007 box, we keep seeing the following:

Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          02/11/2018 03:49:12
Event ID:      7000
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      exchangeserver.domain.local
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7000</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-11-02T03:49:12.896574700Z" />
    <EventRecordID>265719</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="492" ThreadID="496" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>exchangeserver.domain.local</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">%%1053</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

And this:

Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          02/11/2018 03:49:12
Event ID:      7009
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      exchangeserver.domain.local
Description:
A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync service to connect.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7009</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-11-02T03:49:12.896574700Z" />
    <EventRecordID>265718</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="492" ThreadID="496" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>exchangeserver.domain.local</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">30000</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

It has AVG Exchange Antivirus and Antispam installed.

Do we need the EdgeSync service in this case?

It is the only Exchange server we have.

This seems to occur after a windows update now and again.

The issue seems to be one of performance when starting all of the services somehow...?