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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



devenv.exe (MS Visual Studio)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 116 MB


In addition to the file name, devenv.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
Product contains:Visual Studio

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




Win Patrol

devenv.exe - Microsoft Visual Studio.

devenv.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 devenv.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
devenv.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x5b3f7f89b618f6877831013ea497d8f9 464064 bytes
2 0xb1a375b68991a5e2634e287549a4e187 217088 bytes
3 0x251bd2b4622c92eb8c9533e83a8c4c6c 464648 bytes
4 0x5779ba3bfa4451c92291978080f10d65 217088 bytes
5 0x41ed755085e1c8407ba24f28158f0172 1059320 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x434503db93492f3cd9a21da8d599f00f 217088 bytes
7 0x79d66b25bd30c7f8356e86158604e003 217088 bytes
8 0x97c64fd879586321ec5a1ee2e83edd80 196608 bytes
9 0x2730d3c0b08b8bd3aa2e5a8f43124c64 217088 bytes
10 0x37dd65f46bf02b707406db6b5970ebdf 217088 bytes

Match #2



devenv.exe (MS Visual Studio 6)

This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.


In addition to the file name, devenv.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
Product contains:Development

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




Win Patrol

DEVENV.EXE - Microsoft Visual Studio (Visual Interdev) 6

devenv.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

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 devenv.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
devenv.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x0f3d55f971408a7b4e03f12901b2b23a 264464 bytes
2 0xfd98dc9ba3d3d5690699156d9eab310e 264464 bytes
3 0xd7fa12a5f5c86e96aedcaf53bd1e3a71 264464 bytes
4 0x25fbc1d179315a5775800f9530fa84f7 264464 bytes
5 0x1c6b854c035711c1cd4b7f318e09dfd6 264464 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x693e0f154c5c05b175d2b286844512ea 264464 bytes
7 0x78ae6baba0c5ac5a746c44b619b525ef 264464 bytes
8 0x58d05126fb10d1cfeb47327431086ace 268288 bytes
9 0x317817d1d773b329a6579963fa0ef7f2 264464 bytes
10 0x485d6737505a953e2b69ed6ae8f123be 264464 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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