What is wasvc.exe?

wasvc.exe is part of WA Client Service and developed by WA according to the wasvc.exe version information.

wasvc.exe's description is "WA Client Service"

wasvc.exe is digitally signed by Word Anchor.

wasvc.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\WordAnchor_1.10.0.19\Service\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected wasvc.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

25 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wasvc.exe file. That's a 45% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Adware.Vitruvian.P
ALYac	Adware.Vitruvian.P
Arcabit	Adware.Vitruvian.P
Avira	ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
AVware	InfoAtoms (fs)
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.Vitruvian.F
BitDefender	Adware.Vitruvian.P
Cyren	W32/Adware.UJTE-0641
DrWeb	Adware.Plugin.1108
Emsisoft	Adware.Vitruvian.P (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.Vitruvian.F
F-Secure	Adware.Vitruvian.P
Fortinet	Riskware/Vitruvian
GData	Adware.Vitruvian.P
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004b8e1a1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 004b8e1a1 )
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.WordAnchor.A
McAfee	Artemis!2EBE48B4FBFF
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.Vitruvian.P
nProtect	Adware.Vitruvian.P
SUPERAntiSpyware	Adware.Plugin/Variant
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Risk.Adware.Hvjy
VIPRE	InfoAtoms (fs)

wasvc.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wasvc.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wasvc.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wasvc.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate wasvc.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wasvc.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate wasvc.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Program Files (x86)\WordAnchor_1.10.0.19\Service\wasvc.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wasvc.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wasvc.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wasvc.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If wasvc.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that wasvc.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Folder name variants

wasvc.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\WordAnchor_1.10.0.19\Service\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Program Files\WordAnchor_1.10.0.19\Service\

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