The engineserver.exe process is considered to be a new process to the VSE (VirusScan Enterprise) 8.7i. The previous version is known as the running “in-process.” This scan provides the scanning of files which causes the process to be used and the memory space to load, thus increasing the memory usage footprint vastly by adding the size of DAT files and Engine. This design, however, has a limitation. If the Engine and DAT files encounter a serious problem, it might affect the entire process, and cause the process to stop responding or fail altogether. When this happens, a reboot is required. The current version introduced the engineserve.exe process where the Engine and DAT files are loaded to supply scanning services for scanner features known as the “out-of-process.” This process was developed in order to solve the issues that were once encountered by the Engine and DAT files. It provides improved memory management and better scanning capabilities.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as VirusScan Enterprise, 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 engineserver.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 engineserver.exe, belongs to, in this case VirusScan Enterprise