The dva.386 file is used by compatible Microsoft Windows systems as a virtual device driver, and the content of the dva.386 file is encoded with proprietary program logic compilation specifications. The dva.386 process communicates to the supported Microsoft Windows system the activity of the virtual devices that have been activated or installed by the user, and the system references the pieces of data transmitted by the dva.386 process, in order for the virtual device to be allowed to perform certain functions requested by the user. The dva.386 file is normally installed in the "drivers" folder under the System32 sub directory, which is found in the Windows directory of the system partition, though in some instances, the dva.386 file can be found in the application folder of the program used to generate the associated virtual devices, and this application folder is usually stored in the Program Files directory of the system partition.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. dva.386. is used by Virtual Device Driver, If you shut down dva.386, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop dva.386, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Virtual Device Driver, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed dva.386

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Virtual Device Driver, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if dva.386. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that dva.386, belongs to, in this case Virtual Device Driver