Multiple MSAS icons in system tray

[Ken]

When Windows XP Pro starts up and MS Antispyware starts,
three or four MSAS icons appear in the system tray. THey
will stay there until I hover my mouse over them. They
will then disappear.

Anybody else see this behavior and do you know why?

Ken

 

[Engel]

Do you use TightVNC or RealVNC or any other VNC
application to remote control your computer? Also, is
this a Tablet PC? This seems to affect most if not all
Tablet users.

Under Taskmanager, the Microsoft AntiSpyware Processes
are represented by,:
gcasDTServ.exe and gcasServ.exe, if those are running,
Real time protection is enabled.

You can also try doing a repair:
Go to Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. Click
Microsoft AntiSpyware
and click Change. Click Next, and then click Update.
Also, check back on it
in beta 2.

Engel

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Do you have a keyboard with a fingerprint reader installed?

 

[maryc64]

Please share response to this query!
Same occurs to me. The only guess I have is that all old
versions pop up and the final version remains.
I don't know how to hide the original poster's post, yet.
I want to concentrate on one thing at one time.
Please answer this for the both of us!
Thanks!

 

[fg3]

Same problem PLUS Real Time Protection Goes Away
after using IE a few times ( open and close ).

Task gcasDTServ goes away in Task Manager.
( right click Task Bar to open Task Manager )

Task restores by opening MSAS.

I am also running Norton Sys Works 2005, Ad-Aware SE Plus,
HW Fire Fire Wall, XP Fire Wall and Pop Up Blocker.

USELESS protection - When will beta 2 release ???

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Beta2 will release this year.

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Same problem PLUS Real Time Protection Goes Away
after using IE a few times ( open and close ).

Task gcasDTServ goes away in Task Manager.
( right click Task Bar to open Task Manager )

Task restores by opening MSAS.

I am also running Norton Sys Works 2005, Ad-Aware SE Plus,
HW Fire Fire Wall, XP Fire Wall and Pop Up Blocker.

USELESS protection - When will beta 2 release ???

 

[Guest]

I am having this same problem - Does anyone know why MSAS does this? Is it
using extra system resources? Are multiple version of the program loading &
then unloading? Very odd behavior.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Are you running the program on a Tablet PC?

Is a VNC host session active?

Do you have a fingerprint reader device attached to your machine?

Each of these is known to cause this symptom. I don't know of a fix or
workaround. My understanding is that if you mouse over them, the "phantoms"
disappear--I don't think there are multiple processes running at once--but
you could monitor that in task manager.

This is unlikely to be fixed before beta2.

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