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The free file information forum can help you find out if vshare.386 is a virus, trojan, spyware, adware which you can remove, or a file belonging to a Windows system or an application you can trust.

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vshare.386 file information

The process belongs to the software vshare or Borland Database Engine by unknown.

Description: vshare.386 is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows or sometimes in the folder C:\Windows\System32 or in the folder C:\Windows or in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 14,933 bytes (99% of all occurrence), 14,925 bytes.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. There is no information about the maker of the file. The program has no visible window. There is no detailed description of this service. Program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: C:\Windows\system.ini). vshare.386 is not a Windows core file. vshare.386 seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 67% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as vshare.386, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the vshare.386 process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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Per "support.microsoft.com": Many Windows-based applications that support OLE 2.0 require file-sharing and file-locking capabilities to be enabled. This is accomplished by loading VSHARE.386 in the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file or by loading SHARE.EXE in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
  Henry   (further information)
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Diese Datei gab es schon bei Windows 3.1 und war der Ersatz für die Datei Share.exe.
  Nano  
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used to free up conventional memory (instead of "share") according to http://www.empowermentzone.com/w31tips.txt
   
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microsoft process
  mushu   (further information)
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Seems to be windows relatet.
  Lasse F. Sørensen   (further information)
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From googling I found that some programs don't work with this so I guess it must be normal
  Paul   (further information)

Summary: 5 users think vshare.386 is essential for Windows or an installed application. 3 users think it's probably harmless. 1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user doesn't grade vshare.386 ("not sure about it").

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