The file gcasserv.exe, known as Microsoft AntiSpyware Service, belongs to software Microsoft AntiSpyware. Microsoft AntiSpyware (Microsoft Defender) is free software that helps users to detect, block, and remove spyware from their computer. This collection of security and privacy tools allows the user to detect when an application tries to piggyback bandwidth on the user's wireless network. It has the combined power of adware and spybot removal software, with an auto updater that automatically downloads and installs into the system to ensure a high level of protection. Microsoft AntiSpyware employs data from Spynet, which is a voluntary worldwide community of Windows AntiSpyware users that continue to help identify and determine suspicious programs that are classified as spyware. Users are encouraged to participate in Spynet to facilitate detection and identification of new threats that emanate from the Internet, in order to decrease the lifetime of spyware through immediate detection.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft antiSpyware Service, 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 gcasserv.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 gcasserv.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft antiSpyware Service