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mshearts.exe (Hearts)

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


In addition to the file name, mshearts.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
File name contains:\WIN

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/16e908ea-ad61-4467-af4f-46a3539ec03c1033.mspx



Win Patrol

mshearts.exe - Hearts is a trick-based card game in which the goal is to get rid of your cards while avoiding points. Tricks are the groups of cards set down by players in each round. Points are scored whenever you take a trick that contains hearts or the queen of spades. Hearts is played with four players, and as soon as one player has more than 100 points, the player with the lowest score wins.

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

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

Program Name MD5 Count
mshearts.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xbe1b85306352e0ac901ec08506792b6b 126976 bytes
2 0x52bc72c88b7cd6bf36432a806d505326 128000 bytes
3 0xddca854934c0d4ef46e8e093f3446abf 128000 bytes
4 0xa7d5227a4acf0533e3f8fe3ebc762b69 128000 bytes
5 0x474d2fa4961e7766f357d23fd977b1ea 122627 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x41c55a82da8d35ef5b96de7c4c13583f 122240 bytes
7 0xeaaf100b9d4c209e1717ef841e7dd01e 127488 bytes
8 0x7394b879bbe8e16d80e0f3c0dea79b90 128000 bytes
9 0x467954bef17fd989dcb2cf96e1d87cbe 130048 bytes
10 0xf41967460b6aae06df04fd9ebc7f0a8e 126976 bytes


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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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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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