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What is gcasdtserv.exe? GIANT/MS AntiSpyware?

Vendor:      
Product:     AntiSpyware
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: gcasDtServ.exe - GIANT Company was purchased by Microsoft in December 2004. The current GIANT product and the Microsoft Antispyware beta use the same name.

gcasdtserv.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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gcasdtserv.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
gcasdtserv.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x6287bd6d1ce9ce18ea02908bf415bcb0 3/22/2015 7:05:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0701 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 738 KB
2 Status 0x21bd4696317a4a6383f86cdc5e026bfd 7/20/2014 4:35:00 AM Unknown 1.00.0615 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 738 KB
3 Status 0xebb4d674ec5c5b34ef8a1ba14676de8e 2/3/2012 6:13:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0509 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 734 KB
4 Status 0x644f843dadf77a1a85da19edd5a5fc07 9/15/2011 8:11:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0614 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 738 KB
5 Status 0x55937377df2cae70198b2f6c6f6d2807 8/31/2011 6:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 820 KB
6 Status 0xb397971f5343644acaef58b7e85305a7 8/11/2011 1:50:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0613 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 738 KB
7 Status 0xbfa2da186c8b32a34cfd8b54dc1fb16e 7/3/2011 6:37:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0411 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 720 KB
8 Status 0x255ca546f8e187c41ebed2aabbeee07c 6/27/2011 12:14:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0501 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 730 KB
9 Status 0x076c16ceba703306a2ebe23e6824a266 3/13/2011 3:03:00 AM Unknown 1.00.0365 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 860 KB
10 Status 0x0ba928eb9796fd667abd1d9ab8714ff6 3/16/2010 2:00:00 AM Unknown 1.00.0410 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 720 KB
11 Status 0x4787618722b137e9c1a713af4d4571b9 8/27/2009 2:35:00 PM Unknown 1.00.0397 GIANT/MS AntiSpyware 820 KB


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