How to remove an tvichw32 error

Tvichw32.sys is a Windows driver. A driver is a small software program that allows your computer to communicate with hardware or connected devices. This means that a driver has direct access to the internals of the OS, hardware etc.
The free file information forum can help you determine if tvichw32.sys belonging to the Windows system or an application you can trust.

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Tvichw32.sys file information

The process known as TVicHW32 Driver for Windows NT/2000/XP or TVicHW32 (version 5.0 Generic Device Driver) belongs to software TVicHW32 Generic Device Driver for Windows (version 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/XP64, 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) by EnTech Taiwan (www.entechtaiwan.com).

Description: tvichw32.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 23,600 bytes (77% of all occurrences), 24,656 bytes, 25,072 bytes, 25,040 bytes or 29,536 bytes.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. The program is not visible. The service has no detailed description. Tvichw32.sys is not a Windows system file. The program is not active. tvichw32.sys seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 20% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
In case of problems with tvichw32.sys, you might want to uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > TVicHW32).

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as tvichw32.sys, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the tvichw32.sys process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Appears t o be related to pivot monitors and may come either with ATI software, or Pilotware as supplied by Viewsonic for their pivoting monitors.
Andrew Sayers (further information)

probably spyware
brain

I think its part of Intel Graphics driver.
eLdi (further information)

involved with Pivot & monitor rotation
jerry

'Seems to have appeared after I used driverguide.com to search for driver info...
J Colovin

It comes with all ATI Video card driver CD's
fastnorte

The file is Genuine and is a Genuine driver for Windows NT/2000/XP
notech (further information)

I would like to think that TVICHW32.SYS is not a threat as I have a ViewSonic PivotPro Monitor on my desktop, but I found the identical file on my laptop. The 2 files said they were created within 10 days of each other and both many months after the last time I updated my drivers. Therefore I conside it suspicious enough to remove.
Georgia

SpyBot marked it as a threat during routine scan.
Larry Godwin

Non virus. Its a harware driver, for me used as a secondary custom keyboard

Annoying. Something keeps pointing to this at boot up. Driver Agent does not want to go away(many un installs).
Troy

TVicHW32 is a general purpose device driver that can be used by practically any programming language. It lets you access and control hardware directly from any Win32 application under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/XP 64-bit without having to use the Windows DDK.
Daniel Smith (further information)

This driver is the remnant of a driveragent.com driver update check, so it is a driver which apparently scans for other drivers. It should properly have been uninstalled after the scan but wasn't. I am 99.9% sure of this; the time installed on my system tallies and examination of the url in my link below reveals heaps more evidence. Of course it might also be used by other driver scanning companies or programs. Try deleting it (I did), but set a System restore Point first just in case! www.entechtaiwan.net/dev/hw32
Steven Stevenson (further information)

Summary: Average user rating of tvichw32.sys: based on 12 votes with 13 reviews.

2 users think tvichw32.sys is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 5 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 1 user think tvichw32.sys is dangerous and recommend removing it. 5 users doesn't grade tvichw32.sys ("not sure about it").

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