The executable process file, ashmaisv.exe (version 4.8.1227.0), is also identified as avast! E-Mail Scanner Service that is part of the software avast! Antivirus Application as developed by ALWIL Software. The process file is found to be running in the Task Manager as the process ashmaisv.exe and is located in the subfolder of C:\Program Files or sometimes in C:\, commonly at C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4. Furthermore, the process file ashmaisv.exe is also found in Program File\Alwil Software\avas4\ashMaiSv.exe folder with a directory of %PROGRAMFILE%\Avast4. It has features including that of being a digitally Verisign signed file, however, is not considered as a Windows core file nor does it have a visible window. The process file ashmaisv.exe is not CPU intensive, which has a Windows 7 or XP size file of 241,712 bytes on all incidences, 247,160 bytes and 8 other variants. Functionally, it is connected to the mechanism that scans e-mail, thus it uses ports in able to connect to the Internet or to the Local Area Network or LAN.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ashmaisv.exe. is used by avast! Antivirus, If you shut down ashmaisv.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ashmaisv.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is avast! Antivirus, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ashmaisv.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as avast! Antivirus, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ashmaisv.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ashmaisv.exe, belongs to, in this case avast! Antivirus