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What is ntvdm.exe? 16-bit app?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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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: ntvdm.exe provides support for 16-bit Windows applications. This would usually indicate that you have an older 16-bit application running while PC Pitstop's tests were running.

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


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ntvdm.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: 0.14%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ntvdm.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x6504172ca1100f305b4e0225dfe7ed7f 3/23/2017 7:12:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) 16-bit app 508 KB
2 Status 0xc26e15a07d91fa895671ebd07609a179 1/18/2015 8:04:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0005) 16-bit app 411 KB
3 Status 0x33969f86595a8819a65a8ca6353d9329 11/3/2014 6:31:00 AM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) 16-bit app 433 KB
4 Status 0xf3e092072d36ab513a8fa668f15d1937 2/7/2012 4:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
5 Status 0x3146161fdd10943c81e49acf3e2acbe9 1/23/2012 9:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 412 KB
6 Status 0x8efd4539c425d14ecd94f250ed259c60 1/20/2012 4:19:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 16-bit app 508 KB
7 Status 0xf70e5829b2fd26c7c08857dbcc83e878 9/8/2011 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
8 Status 0x3f1e9e1c12eabe0b1361548cf5a39a79 9/4/2011 8:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
9 Status 0x3059da68fa0ae72b8500cd8f089126c5 8/26/2011 7:33:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3244 (xpsp.071030-1537) 16-bit app 411 KB
10 Status 0x2d581d984ed6481c87bbf5f6b2880c61 8/23/2011 11:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
11 Status 0x20c1ac41d9be93a451bc9664fd11764b 8/4/2011 8:04:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) 16-bit app 386 KB
12 Status 0xe7306bf4e841fd76efe6276be2617128 8/3/2011 9:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
13 Status 0xc989fca835cefbfa659c8c2dc81cb5b4 7/29/2011 8:13:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 16-bit app 411 KB
14 Status 0xde167dcdf81675a589face70af113d42 6/30/2011 10:14:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) 16-bit app 386 KB
15 Status 0xf8b75638e33bcbdc86cb86ef94adbb83 6/13/2011 2:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 412 KB
16 Status 0x51b19ecf8ec7040dadd7c2d628fba109 5/29/2011 5:31:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2195.7011 16-bit app 389 KB
17 Status 0x0fea136cc628c6182e91598f7990229c 4/4/2011 4:33:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 16-bit app 410 KB
18 Status 0xb18fb1989d210b6405ecd9ac651b05aa 4/4/2011 6:05:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 16-bit app 407 KB
19 Status 0x6486bde2a2f17a59f798b4c0b466bbbf 2/2/2011 11:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
20 Status 0xa1f0d118b72bb671a001b3512cb86b54 1/15/2011 11:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 412 KB
21 Status 0x580c11d69e4086ed6ba803b2357e3f0b 11/29/2010 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 393 KB
22 Status 0x83bcdd01f3b73a7fdc3a6d3ad5026cbc 10/18/2010 1:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 411 KB
23 Status 0xb94534c246ea445710fd7c884286f149 10/12/2010 5:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 386 KB
24 Status 0x1f2f9009797bf0b871c0c375d59c6584 9/25/2010 5:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown 16-bit app 389 KB
25 Status 0x56318298c39d671d71e854874ac8fefc 9/7/2010 2:15:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.1564 (xpsp2_gdr.040517-1325) 16-bit app 387 KB


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