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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



excel.exe (EXCEL.EXE)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.11%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 32 MB


In addition to the file name, excel.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Microsoft Corporation
Product contains:Microsoft Office XP
File name contains:\Programmi\Microsoft Office\Office10\EXCEL.EXE

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

EXCEL.EXE -

excel.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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Match #2



excel.exe (Microsoft Excel)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.09%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 21 MB


In addition to the file name, excel.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Microsoft Corporation
Product contains:Microsoft

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/



Win Patrol

EXCEL.EXE - For best results at PC Pitstop, exit all unneeded programs before testing.
Microsoft Excel.

excel.exe  is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called excel.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
excel.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xebd44435e1f2c8c2acf942e276312aa4 10048 KB
2 0xddde27224b1a442d8c7d795245e030bb 6984 KB
3 0xbbcc5d4e09d7fd9454910261e6dc0725 9837 KB
4 0xccca8a949e6519cb42f90a721ae39cfb 10059 KB
5 0xe53b0cc1b98559bfb56688491e32e765 9844 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x6cf04684a9f80afa34e839d20bec3302 7155757 bytes
7 0xd7c66aa058108f161aa9c623cc327d60 9360728 bytes
8 0xac14111c5e5b49cbcd49c230a1bb44b3 10270480 bytes
9 0x36bd2f8a454724f0b4c307cfd53a4b12 7233581 bytes
10 0x0987247a2bdabf8d770a66c4b380a52f 17927192 bytes


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Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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