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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



ati2evxx.exe (ATI Hotkey Utility)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 11.78%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


In addition to the file name, ati2evxx.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:ATI Technologies
Product contains:ATI External Event Utility

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




Win Patrol

Ati2evxx.exe is part of the ATI video drivers, handles hotkey sequences that are not well documented so nobody ever uses them.
It's also the tray icon in the task bar, witch can be also accessible using Control Painel
We recommend you disable this program via MSCONFIG.

ati2evxx.exe  uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.

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 ati2evxx.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
ati2evxx.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xe75f1c8b224e8ec8833871dd399d3ebf 376832 bytes
2 0xb081773b209c3abf6c4360f3cc0a351d 565248 bytes
3 0x13d48706de3d93ffd58f03ffa5bd79e3 397312 bytes
4 0x6445edddda9519a053e2a752f333de21 487424 bytes
5 0x740e4b9a468105cf0f02849230ea2fc7 454656 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x06036345bfa6c2b56879b004e89e9ff2 393216 bytes
7 0x2bf6eb3e44fe5fbd2b11a8dbcf008d28 151552 bytes
8 0x04658e7985754fe8f4f439160010d90e 483328 bytes
9 0xa01b9337671f335aac7916286dcb9bc0 147456 bytes
10 0x3668ae574f062f952165e50290c13442 94208 bytes

Match #2



ati2evxx.exe (ati2evxx.exe)

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


In addition to the file name, ati2evxx.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:ATI Technologies Inc.
Product contains:ATI External Event Utility for Windows
File name contains:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2evxx.exe

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




Win Patrol

ati2evxx.exe -

ati2evxx.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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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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