What is peview.exe?

peview.exe is part of Process Hacker and developed by wj32 according to the peview.exe version information.

peview.exe's description is "PE Viewer"

peview.exe is digitally signed by Wen Jia Liu.

peview.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Process Hacker 2\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about peview.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on peview.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameProcess Hacker
Company namewj32
File descriptionPE Viewer
Internal namepeview
Original filenamepeview.exe
Legal copyrightLicensed under the GNU GPL, v3.
Product version2.33.0.5590
File version2.33.0.5590

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameProcess Hacker
Company namewj32
File descriptionPE Viewer
Internal namepeview
Original filenamepeview.exe
Legal copyrightLicensed under the GNU GPL, v3.
Product version2.33.0.5590
File version2.33.0.5590

Digital signatures [?]

peview.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameWen Jia Liu
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number03e9017d54cd93f094d0a2ab7fc0e3f5

VirusTotal report

None of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the peview.exe file.

None of the 53 anti-virus programs detected the peview.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55be5720fb4fadf6fb846183bc08dc46f
SHA256ca592d61ef058e5d016b5ab4e1cac639d5f91a16ef1bf6be2e2dd26e13467472

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to peview.exe:

peview.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

peview.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

PE Viewer has stopped working.

End Program - peview.exe. This program is not responding.

peview.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

peview.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with peview.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with peview.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 17 users.

Votes
Keep100 %
17
Remove0 %
0

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

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BitDefender Internet Security

Potenziell unerwünschte Anwendung gefunden

Funktion: Virenschutz
Die App C:\Program Files(x86)\ProcessHacker-2.39-bin\x86\peview.exe wurde als potenziell
unerwünschte Anwendung erkannt und in Quarantäne verschoben.
Name des Fundes: Application.ProcessHacker.1
Wenn Sie dieser Anwendung nicht vertrauen, können Sie sie löschen.

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Das soll nur beweisen, dass es doch Virenschutzprogramme gibt, die "Peview.exe" als unerwünscht betrachten bzw. erkennen!

# 24 Dec 2022, 19:33

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