The autoserv.exe file is a process file that belongs to the product AutoWhatService developed by the company Ziff Davis Media, Inc. The application is used to manage AutoComplete data on Internet Explorer. The file has no digital signature. Automatic startup locations for the process include installed services and running processes. The file size of autoserv.exe is 436,736 bytes on Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system. The location of the process is in the folder C:\Windows\System32. The MD5 is 6dcb77eb0388d0c07579f29cd8f6cacb. SHA1 is 8a037b5eb729d0be5786e5be676eaf6d5a76e8fc. SHA256 is 37fa014b321c418859f9e471c062b3c1c0c9c6fc1819f77edc4bdffd2c1061b3. It is not a core file for Windows. It has no visible program. It can record inputs. It can alter the behavior of other applications. The program can send or listen for data through open ports to the Internet or LAN.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AutoWhatService, 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 autoserv.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 autoserv.exe, belongs to, in this case AutoWhatService