Virus Scanner is the term used as the service name for the process ashsimpl.exe, which is an executable or EXE file, and a part of the program called as avast! Antivirus, which is created by ALWIL Software or AVAST Software. The avast! Antivirus program is basically a type of security software that is installed onto computers, to protect the PC, particularly its system, data and applications, against the threats of viruses, worms, and spyware. The ashsimpl.exe file is not just a basic component of the program, but because it is digitally signed from ALWIL Software - VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer, it is essential to remain running in the background. Once the program is downloaded, the ashsimpl.exe file serves to scans viruses, spyware, malware, and other threats in the computer, and notify the user what to delete or terminate, once infected files or data have been detected. Also, the ashsimpl.exe file is compatible with most versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, or Windows operating systems

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