What’s InvColPC.exe (Dell Inventory Utility)? Is it safe or a virus?

InvColPC.exe is a file associated with Dell's Inventory Collector.

This program is designed to gather information about the hardware and software components of a computer system, and then send that information to Dell's servers. This data is used for various purposes, such as providing support, identifying potential issues, and assisting with warranty and service needs.

While researching this process I found that there were many threads in different communities like Reddit about false positives with a security service called Crowdstrike. In the communities the Dell hardware customers felt positive about the issue being a false positive, and they planned to submit the issue to Crowdstrike.

However, if you are concerned about this process you can also check it out with our free SpyShelter security app. Just click the download link at the top right of this page.

SpyShelter keeps track of all the processes running on PCs and lets you know when they update, or what they are doing in the background. For example, if a process is changing Registry entries, or making changes to the Windows System,

Researched by Laura @ SpyShelter Labs