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pssnap.sys

pssnap.sys was added to FreeFixer's database on 17th June 2008. The most recent search for this file was done on 25th September 2010. pssnap.sys is located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder and has a size of 15328 bytes.

So far there have been 27 searches for pssnap.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pssnap.sys:

PropertyValue
Product name pssnap Application
Company nameMacrium Software
File descriptionBackup image protection
Internal namepssnap
Original filenamepssnap.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Paramount Software UK Ltd
Product version4.2.2010.1
File version4.2.2010.1

Digital signatures [?]

This file has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameParamount Software UK Ltd
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign ObjectSign CA
Certificate serial number0100000000011657d28ad3

VirusTotal report

None of the 40 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the file. For more details, please read the full report here.
None of the 40 anti-virus programs detected the file.

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Keep100 %
8
Remove0 %
0

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5599dac0114eaf8edaf88b44d0c6183f6
SHA2566d69db9539877c58e3e90956da4d96294e4bbb03d96abd34d309de48bb9db64c

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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.

Marvin Steele writes

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pssnap.sys is an in-house written snapshot (copy-on-write) driver that does the same job as Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service. A detailed description can be viewed at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785914(WS.10).aspx

# 28 Aug 2010, 7:01

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