The file giantantispywaremain.exe, known as Microsoft Antispyware Main, belongs to software Microsoft Antispyware (beta version) by Microsoft. Microsoft AntiSpyware is security solution for the removal of spyware that offers the user with detailed information about the threats that it detects. It assigns suspicious items threat rating of moderate, High, Elevated, or Severe along with a color coded bar, and provides a default disposition for each item that includes Ignore, Quarantine, or Remove. The application features numerous files and Registry traces that reveal the presence of a particular threat that is hidden by default, but can be accessed if the user wants to view the data. Microsoft AntiSpyware features a Real-time Protection system that includes more than fifty agents that watch for and prevent security exploits. With the user's permission, the agents report the detected threat to the SpyNet Anti-Spyware Community for analysis and eventual inclusion in spyware definitions.

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

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