Anti-Spyware Background Processes..

[JD]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>>
>>>> Doing some research about a question in another newsgroup, I fired up Process
>>>> Explorer,
>>>> from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals and I found a couple of new
>>>> process running the the background:
>>>>
>>>> SASCORE.exe: The Description is "core service." I run SUPERAntiSpyware Free as an
>>>> on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm curious as to why this process starts
>>>> with Windows? The SAS response is: "You need it for the free edition - leave it set as
>>>> we set it. The core service should be left running - that's the bottom line - it uses
>>>> little memory or cpu." Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it to
>>>> manual or disabled using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>
>>>> a2Service.exe: The Description is Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service. I run Emsisoft
>>>> Anti-Malware as an on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm also curious as to
>>>> why this process starts with Windows? I haven't found a real description of what it
>>>> does. Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it to manual or
>>>> disabled
>>>> using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not a big fan of services that run in the background for no real reason.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The "a2Service.exe" Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service is for removing malware under a
>>> Limited
>>> User Account (LUA).
>>>
>>> I don't know know what SASCORE.exe is or what it is used for.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I set both services to Manual, using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services and
>> both programs seem to work without the services running. I ended up updating Emsisoft
>> Anti-Mailware from Version 5.1.0.19 to Version 6.0.6.40 and it changed the Service to
>> version 6, which I also set to Manual.
>>
>> It also didn't give me an option on the install location. Not a good thing.
>>
>> Do you use Emsisoft Anti-Mailware? It seems like it's turning into what I call
>> "crap-ware" where it has a whole slew of questionable things I had to disable, "Enable
>> Guard on system startup" and "Join the Anti-Malware Network." What the Hell?
>>
>> So much for a simple, on-demand, manually updated scanners. 8-)
>>
>
>
> I stopped using Nick Skrepeto's s software years ago.
>

He's the author of SAS or Emsisoft Anti-M?

Besides your Multi-AV scanning tool, do you have a on-demand, manual
update anti-malware program that you like?


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[JD]

Han wrote:
> "David H. Lipman"<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
> news:j6t6fd02q69@news4.newsguy.com:
>
>> From: "FredW"<fredw@blackholespam.net>
>>
>>> On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:15:39 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>>> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>>>> From: "Han"<nobody@nospam.not>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have SAS paid, and have SASCore64.exe running from system, I
>>>>> believe.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And you are running a 64bit OS Han ?
>>>
>>> I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and the free version of SAS
>>> installed.
>>> I have the service !SASCORE running - SAS Core Service
>>>
>>> Path to executable:
>>> "C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SASCORE64.EXE"
>>>
>>> Startup type: Automatic
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> So we know what the service belongs to and we knows there are 32 bit
>> and 64 bit versiosn. The questiion is what does this SAS NT Service
>> perform ?
>
> Hi David:
> SAS has been updating lately. The file in Windows Taskmanager has under
> Properties a description of Core Service, type application, file version
> 1.0.0.1066, copyright 2005-2011 SUPERAntispyware, 0 bytes, but in
> TaskManager it's listed as 1440K. Opening file location, and it is
> 138KB, dated 8/11/2011 7:38PM.
>
> I tend to trust SAS, but I don't understand how this works, really. Do
> you want me to email you the file?
>

From what I can tell, it's just some crap-ware service that you don't
really need to run to use the SAS program. You can set it to manual or
disable it. Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services, SAS Core Service.

For the time being, I set mine to manual.

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[David H. Lipman]

From: "JD" <JD@example.invalid>

>>
>> Hi David:
>> SAS has been updating lately. The file in Windows Taskmanager has under
>> Properties a description of Core Service, type application, file version
>> 1.0.0.1066, copyright 2005-2011 SUPERAntispyware, 0 bytes, but in
>> TaskManager it's listed as 1440K. Opening file location, and it is
>> 138KB, dated 8/11/2011 7:38PM.
>>
>> I tend to trust SAS, but I don't understand how this works, really. Do
>> you want me to email you the file?
>>
>
> From what I can tell, it's just some crap-ware service that you don't really need to
> run to use the SAS program. You can set it to manual or disable it. Control Panel,
> Administrative Tools, Services, SAS Core Service.
>
> For the time being, I set mine to manual.
>

Please, do not assume it to be a some "crap-ware service" until you get the facts of its
functionality.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[David H. Lipman]

From: "JD" <JD@example.invalid>

> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>
>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>>>
>>>>> Doing some research about a question in another newsgroup, I fired up Process
>>>>> Explorer,
>>>>> from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals and I found a couple of new
>>>>> process running the the background:
>>>>>
>>>>> SASCORE.exe: The Description is "core service." I run SUPERAntiSpyware Free as an
>>>>> on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm curious as to why this process
>>>>> starts
>>>>> with Windows? The SAS response is: "You need it for the free edition - leave it set
>>>>> as
>>>>> we set it. The core service should be left running - that's the bottom line - it
>>>>> uses
>>>>> little memory or cpu." Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it
>>>>> to
>>>>> manual or disabled using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>>
>>>>> a2Service.exe: The Description is Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service. I run Emsisoft
>>>>> Anti-Malware as an on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm also curious as
>>>>> to
>>>>> why this process starts with Windows? I haven't found a real description of what it
>>>>> does. Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it to manual or
>>>>> disabled
>>>>> using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not a big fan of services that run in the background for no real reason.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The "a2Service.exe" Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service is for removing malware under a
>>>> Limited
>>>> User Account (LUA).
>>>>
>>>> I don't know know what SASCORE.exe is or what it is used for.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I set both services to Manual, using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services and
>>> both programs seem to work without the services running. I ended up updating Emsisoft
>>> Anti-Mailware from Version 5.1.0.19 to Version 6.0.6.40 and it changed the Service to
>>> version 6, which I also set to Manual.
>>>
>>> It also didn't give me an option on the install location. Not a good thing.
>>>
>>> Do you use Emsisoft Anti-Mailware? It seems like it's turning into what I call
>>> "crap-ware" where it has a whole slew of questionable things I had to disable, "Enable
>>> Guard on system startup" and "Join the Anti-Malware Network." What the Hell?
>>>
>>> So much for a simple, on-demand, manually updated scanners. 8-)
>>>
>>
>>
>> I stopped using Nick Skrepeto's s software years ago.
>>
>
> He's the author of SAS or Emsisoft Anti-M?
>
> Besides your Multi-AV scanning tool, do you have a on-demand, manual update anti-malware
> program that you like?
>

Nick Skrepeto is the author of SAS but it has been sold off. Now Nick can race his car
all he wants.

To the best of my knowledge, Christian Mairoll is the author of Emsisoft.

If I had another manually updated anti-malware program that I liked, I would replace
Kaspersky's DOS based scanner with it in my Mulkti-AV Scanning Tool.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[JD]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>
>>>
>>> Hi David:
>>> SAS has been updating lately. The file in Windows Taskmanager has under
>>> Properties a description of Core Service, type application, file version
>>> 1.0.0.1066, copyright 2005-2011 SUPERAntispyware, 0 bytes, but in
>>> TaskManager it's listed as 1440K. Opening file location, and it is
>>> 138KB, dated 8/11/2011 7:38PM.
>>>
>>> I tend to trust SAS, but I don't understand how this works, really. Do
>>> you want me to email you the file?
>>>
>>
>> From what I can tell, it's just some crap-ware service that you don't really need to
>> run to use the SAS program. You can set it to manual or disable it. Control Panel,
>> Administrative Tools, Services, SAS Core Service.
>>
>> For the time being, I set mine to manual.
>>
>
> Please, do not assume it to be a some "crap-ware service" until you get the facts of its
> functionality.
>

Before I made the original post in this newsgroup, I did a search
regarding the SAS core service, and somebody posted the following, which
I used in my original post:

The SAS response is: "You need it for the free edition - leave it set as
we set it. The core service should be left running - that's the bottom
line - it uses little memory or cpu."

Not much of a response.

I set it to manual, SAS worked. Call it what you want, I've said what I
think about it. 8-)

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JD..

[David H. Lipman]

From: "JD" <JD@example.invalid>

> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi David:
>>>> SAS has been updating lately. The file in Windows Taskmanager has under
>>>> Properties a description of Core Service, type application, file version
>>>> 1.0.0.1066, copyright 2005-2011 SUPERAntispyware, 0 bytes, but in
>>>> TaskManager it's listed as 1440K. Opening file location, and it is
>>>> 138KB, dated 8/11/2011 7:38PM.
>>>>
>>>> I tend to trust SAS, but I don't understand how this works, really. Do
>>>> you want me to email you the file?
>>>>
>>>
>>> From what I can tell, it's just some crap-ware service that you don't really need
>>> to
>>> run to use the SAS program. You can set it to manual or disable it. Control Panel,
>>> Administrative Tools, Services, SAS Core Service.
>>>
>>> For the time being, I set mine to manual.
>>>
>>
>> Please, do not assume it to be a some "crap-ware service" until you get the facts of
>> its
>> functionality.
>>
>
> Before I made the original post in this newsgroup, I did a search regarding the SAS core
> service, and somebody posted the following, which I used in my original post:
>
> The SAS response is: "You need it for the free edition - leave it set as we set it. The
> core service should be left running - that's the bottom line - it uses little memory or
> cpu."
>
> Not much of a response.
>
> I set it to manual, SAS worked. Call it what you want, I've said what I think about it.
> 8-)
>

No, it isn't a response but it doesn't make it a "crap-ware service" either.



--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[JD]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>>
>>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Doing some research about a question in another newsgroup, I fired up Process
>>>>>> Explorer,
>>>>>> from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals and I found a couple of new
>>>>>> process running the the background:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SASCORE.exe: The Description is "core service." I run SUPERAntiSpyware Free as an
>>>>>> on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm curious as to why this process
>>>>>> starts
>>>>>> with Windows? The SAS response is: "You need it for the free edition - leave it set
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> we set it. The core service should be left running - that's the bottom line - it
>>>>>> uses
>>>>>> little memory or cpu." Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> manual or disabled using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a2Service.exe: The Description is Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service. I run Emsisoft
>>>>>> Anti-Malware as an on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm also curious as
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> why this process starts with Windows? I haven't found a real description of what it
>>>>>> does. Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it to manual or
>>>>>> disabled
>>>>>> using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not a big fan of services that run in the background for no real reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The "a2Service.exe" Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service is for removing malware under a
>>>>> Limited
>>>>> User Account (LUA).
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know know what SASCORE.exe is or what it is used for.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I set both services to Manual, using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services and
>>>> both programs seem to work without the services running. I ended up updating Emsisoft
>>>> Anti-Mailware from Version 5.1.0.19 to Version 6.0.6.40 and it changed the Service to
>>>> version 6, which I also set to Manual.
>>>>
>>>> It also didn't give me an option on the install location. Not a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> Do you use Emsisoft Anti-Mailware? It seems like it's turning into what I call
>>>> "crap-ware" where it has a whole slew of questionable things I had to disable, "Enable
>>>> Guard on system startup" and "Join the Anti-Malware Network." What the Hell?
>>>>
>>>> So much for a simple, on-demand, manually updated scanners. 8-)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I stopped using Nick Skrepeto's s software years ago.
>>>
>>
>> He's the author of SAS or Emsisoft Anti-M?
>>
>> Besides your Multi-AV scanning tool, do you have a on-demand, manual update anti-malware
>> program that you like?
>>
>
> Nick Skrepeto is the author of SAS but it has been sold off. Now Nick can race his car
> all he wants.
>
> To the best of my knowledge, Christian Mairoll is the author of Emsisoft.
>
> If I had another manually updated anti-malware program that I liked, I would replace
> Kaspersky's DOS based scanner with it in my Mulkti-AV Scanning Tool.
>

I grow weary of having to turn things off that I never turned on in
software that is supposed to protect me from Malware/Spyware. I guess I
opted in when I installed the software and both programs are free
because I didn't pay for them but I wonder what the costs are to my
computer.

--
JD..

[David H. Lipman]

From: "JD" <JD@example.invalid>

> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>
>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>>>
>>>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>>>> From: "JD"<JD@example.invalid>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doing some research about a question in another newsgroup, I fired up Process
>>>>>>> Explorer,
>>>>>>> from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals and I found a couple of new
>>>>>>> process running the the background:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SASCORE.exe: The Description is "core service." I run SUPERAntiSpyware Free as an
>>>>>>> on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm curious as to why this process
>>>>>>> starts
>>>>>>> with Windows? The SAS response is: "You need it for the free edition - leave it
>>>>>>> set
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> we set it. The core service should be left running - that's the bottom line - it
>>>>>>> uses
>>>>>>> little memory or cpu." Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> manual or disabled using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a2Service.exe: The Description is Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service. I run Emsisoft
>>>>>>> Anti-Malware as an on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm also curious as
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> why this process starts with Windows? I haven't found a real description of what
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> does. Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it to manual or
>>>>>>> disabled
>>>>>>> using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not a big fan of services that run in the background for no real reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The "a2Service.exe" Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service is for removing malware under a
>>>>>> Limited
>>>>>> User Account (LUA).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know know what SASCORE.exe is or what it is used for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I set both services to Manual, using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services
>>>>> and
>>>>> both programs seem to work without the services running. I ended up updating
>>>>> Emsisoft
>>>>> Anti-Mailware from Version 5.1.0.19 to Version 6.0.6.40 and it changed the Service
>>>>> to
>>>>> version 6, which I also set to Manual.
>>>>>
>>>>> It also didn't give me an option on the install location. Not a good thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you use Emsisoft Anti-Mailware? It seems like it's turning into what I call
>>>>> "crap-ware" where it has a whole slew of questionable things I had to disable,
>>>>> "Enable
>>>>> Guard on system startup" and "Join the Anti-Malware Network." What the Hell?
>>>>>
>>>>> So much for a simple, on-demand, manually updated scanners. 8-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I stopped using Nick Skrepeto's s software years ago.
>>>>
>>>
>>> He's the author of SAS or Emsisoft Anti-M?
>>>
>>> Besides your Multi-AV scanning tool, do you have a on-demand, manual update
>>> anti-malware
>>> program that you like?
>>>
>>
>> Nick Skrepeto is the author of SAS but it has been sold off. Now Nick can race his car
>> all he wants.
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge, Christian Mairoll is the author of Emsisoft.
>>
>> If I had another manually updated anti-malware program that I liked, I would replace
>> Kaspersky's DOS based scanner with it in my Mulkti-AV Scanning Tool.
>>
>
> I grow weary of having to turn things off that I never turned on in software that is
> supposed to protect me from Malware/Spyware. I guess I opted in when I installed the
> software and both programs are free because I didn't pay for them but I wonder what the
> costs are to my computer.
>

You have to realize that for some actions or capabilities a NT Service will have to be
loaded and run as the System.



--
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[VanguardLH]

JD wrote:

> Doing some research about a question in another newsgroup, I fired up
> Process Explorer, from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals
> and I found a couple of new process running the the background:
>
> SASCORE.exe: The Description is "core service." I run SUPERAntiSpyware
> Free as an on-demand scanner and manually update it so I'm curious as to
> why this process starts with Windows? The SAS response is: "You need it
> for the free edition - leave it set as we set it. The core service
> should be left running - that's the bottom line - it uses little memory
> or cpu." Anybody here familiar with this service? I can easily set it to
> manual or disabled using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

I think the sascore process showed up after some update in August. It
looks like it was there before in the Pro version and then got added in
August via update to the free version. Although claimed for use during
real-time protection, it's now there for the the free version that
doesn't have real-time protection. Despite going through all of its
configuration settings, it WILL be running processes on Windows startup.
Also, from what I've read (since I don't have it anymore), SAS will
re-insert its startup process. So you disable/delete it but SAS puts it
back in. I use WinPatrol and can have it *permanently* disable an item.
If it shows up again, WinPatrol will disable it again (before you reboot
and it loads again). For example, Apple's sticks its worthless
qttask.exe into the registry as a startup item and it will reappear (I
forget the event that reinstates this entry, like you run their program,
it's config, or due to an update), so I disable it in WinPatrol. If
WinPatrol sees it show up again as a startup entry then it disables it
again. From other users, sascore is NOT required despite the claims of
SAS techs but it keeps trying to reinstate itself so you need to keep
disabling it (unless you use something automatic to do that, like
WinPatrol). When queried about the purpose of this background process,
SAS won't elucidate. That's no big surprise since many anti-malware
authors rely on secrecy (and not help malware authors) rather than
robustness to deter anti-malware.

Even if you address the sascore process, SAS also installs a system hook
when it installs. It doesn't matter if you configure it to be passive
or not. It still injects a hook into the system. I'd have to install
it again and monitor that install. I suspect I either saw it using
Resplendence's Hook Analyzer (as a system API hook) or SysInternal's
AutoRun (as a "shell execute" hook). I just remember finding it despite
trying to keep SAS Free completely quiescent when not loaded.

Despite their claim that these measures were needed for SAS to attempt
to get "below" any existing active malware to ensure SAS could detect
and eradicate the malware, I wanted a completely passive on-demand
secondary anti-malware scanner. So I uninstalled SAS (and used the
snapshot recorded in Zsoft Uninstaller to eliminate any remnant registry
entries and files after the normal uninstall).

> a2Service.exe: The Description is Emsisoft Anti-Malware Service. I run
> Emsisoft Anti-Malware as an on-demand scanner and manually update it so
> I'm also curious as to why this process starts with Windows? I haven't
> found a real description of what it does. Anybody here familiar with
> this service? I can easily set it to manual or disabled using Control
> Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
>
> I'm not a big fan of services that run in the background for no real
> reason.

It seems you are mixing two anti-malware products together in your post:
SuperAntispyware (SAS) and a-Squared (Emsisoft). It's been way too long
since I trialed a-Squared to remember anything about that software.

From what I read, this is used to run A2 while logged on under a limited
user account (LUA). If you're always logged on under an admin-level
account, see if setting this service to "manual" startup mode has not
detrimental affects on using A2. Automatic means it gets loaded when
Windows is started (and before you login). That only means it gets
loaded, not that it remains loaded (some will load, do some checks, and
unload). Manual means it won't be loaded until called, so when you load
A2 then it'll call this service to load it. Of course, once the service
is started and running doesn't mean its gets stopped when you exit the
application. I suspect if you set the service to manual (service not
running when you start Windows) and then right-click on a folder or file
to select the A2 content menu entry to scan the file, the A2 service
gets loaded and it will continue running even after the scan has
completed. So if you use anything of A2 then the service gets started
and continues running until the next time you restart Windows. So
consider if the process' memory footprint is really that bad that you
need to keep the service from loading on Windows startup since anytime
you use A2 will start the service, anyway.

So how many security products did you install on your host? If you're
only using some of them as only on-demand scanners, why not look at
using their online scanners? http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/ax/ for
A2 but many other AV vendors have online detect-only scanners. They
still require installing a client, like an ActiveX control, that
downloads their newest signatures, but it only does a scan and nothing
of it is running before or after the scan. Of course, that also means
any currently active malware could deter, affect, or corrupt their
client regarding the detection and eradication of the pest. Many online
scanners only tell you about a pest and won't get rid of it since the
full client isn't running on your host; however, unless they say you are
infected then you don't need their full client. The detection rate is
the same (but doesn't do the cleanup provided by the full client).
That's about as quiescent a *scanner* as you can get when not using it.

A word of caution about using online scanners: use an install monitor to
record their changes. The prevalent majority of online scanner provide
no uninstaller. They install a small detect-only client on your host
either as an app or browser add-on (AX for Internet Explorer). I've
found way too many browser helpers, add-ons, AX controls, or even helper
apps (clients) don't add an entry to the Add/Remove Programs applet (no
entry under the Uninstall registry key) so you're stuck with them unless
you used something to record their installation that you can then later
use to eradicate them. I use Zsoft Uninstaller (free). There are
payware uninstall tools, too, that will monitor installations (e.g.,
Revo Unintaller and Total Uninstaller). If you're using a 64-bit
version of Windows, make sure you use an uninstaller that supports it
(Zsoft is too old and Revo free is an old version that doesn't support
Win x64).

[JD]

FredW wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 18:16:08 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>> From: "FredW"<fredw@blackholespam.net>
>>> On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:15:39 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>>> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>>>> From: "Han"<nobody@nospam.not>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have SAS paid, and have SASCore64.exe running from system, I believe.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And you are running a 64bit OS Han ?
>>>
>>> I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and the free version of SAS
>>> installed.
>>> I have the service !SASCORE running - SAS Core Service
>>>
>>> Path to executable:
>>> "C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SASCORE64.EXE"
>>>
>>> Startup type: Automatic
>>
>> So we know what the service belongs to and we knows there are 32 bit and 64 bit versiosn.
>> The questiion is what does this SAS NT Service perform ?
>
>
> I found this thread in the SAS forum:
> http://forums.superantispyware.com/i...-core-service/
>
> However all I can find (Site Admin) that it is also needed for the free
> edition (leave it set as we set it).
> (see also post #28)
>
> But nobody (as far as I can see) gives any clue why it should be
> running.
>
>

I saw the same reply. It's not very helpful. That's why I set the
Service to manual. No adverse effect so far.

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