Is gcascleaner.exe safe or is this task spyware?



Purpose of gcascleaner.exe:









File purpose and description:

This will appear if you are running Microsoft's Antispyware program. You can verify the actual file location shown below. This was previously known as Giant anti-spyware until MS bought them. This is ok to leave running, as anytime you have this program open you will surely see this task, and it will also appear in your program startup list. If you have download the Microsoft software then leave gcASCleaner.exe (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
gcascleaner.exe

File type:
This is an executable program that is used for Microsoft Antispyware

File or folder location:
This file will be located on your hard drive at C:\Program Files\Microsoft


General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, gcascleaner.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of gcascleaner.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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