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What is anvshell.exe? anvshell?

Vendor:      AsusTeK
Product:     ASUS nVidia Series Shell
Vendor Website:      http://www.asus.com.tw/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: anvshell.exe - System Tray tool for ASUS video cards. Disabling causes loss of the ASUS specific video card options in Control Panel -> Display Properties -> Advanced.

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


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anvshell.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
anvshell.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xc0a93eb7271d569c7a050b56e58c21fe 2/3/2012 2:36:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 328 KB
2 Status 0xcac3abffe4860e3ec5bdaa8c861c394c 1/22/2012 6:27:00 AM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 372 KB
3 Status 0xb45420627363b811b7ac1e6f37987acf 7/16/2011 5:23:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 324 KB
4 Status 0x073f869d2b14e79c40cbf372ea161a26 6/24/2011 12:11:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 340 KB
5 Status 0x9efd6052d0d0999d116cb16e13f14bdf 6/11/2011 8:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown anvshell 312 KB
6 Status 0xceb1001c9bd17472725ff01bfc73bdff 5/31/2011 6:36:00 AM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 324 KB
7 Status 0x6c55143b0d0c717eab2a7219ba9569c7 8/12/2010 1:45:00 PM Unknown 2.01.00 anvshell 384 KB
8 Status 0xcf494fc22a098e242feefb323f2847e6 8/2/2010 11:18:00 AM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 384 KB
9 Status 0x3aa187600c1e7ee52739a14eaa93b0ae 1/25/2010 11:12:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 340 KB
10 Status 0xab970eee6e50e1c7d7b96e013908fb3e 12/16/2009 5:14:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 324 KB
11 Status 0xe7f8bbfed64d9c2da38c7da14d91e024 12/3/2009 7:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown anvshell 392 KB
12 Status 0x8edcdc35d99c6288eb6f50ec43dfa37b 11/16/2009 7:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown anvshell 316 KB
13 Status 0xc98367003411051e6b29eaf91e609169 11/10/2009 7:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown anvshell 392 KB
14 Status 0xec9845a018a2ed602c362a6f70604fdb 10/30/2009 5:09:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 320 KB
15 Status 0x994b3b324de5badbe9457440add65275 10/17/2009 8:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown anvshell 392 KB
16 Status 0x9dbc61dd43ebd16263a7cf81388f3a2c 10/13/2009 2:20:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 372 KB
17 Status 0x1d61b2b36b3b2761aea4157e1816c99a 6/1/2009 11:14:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 324 KB
18 Status 0x09e501c120a357c4e0480ae082bb11f0 5/21/2009 11:18:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 316 KB
19 Status 0xf2bc5808fef17c8c68600d5128557595 12/27/2008 4:22:00 PM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 324 KB
20 Status 0x0673d472f2393db9ac46d63dcd60d625 7/25/2008 2:46:00 AM Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 320 KB
21 Status 0xcade15a6b2299978a423b3aa42a3bb1c 12/31/2007 Unknown anvshell 14 KB
22 Status 0xb8217744992f59015a9a1e141cc64a78 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.00.00 anvshell 312 KB


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