What is aswsp.sys?

aswsp.sys is part of Avast Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the aswsp.sys version information.

aswsp.sys's description is "avast! self protection module"

aswsp.sys is digitally signed by AVAST Software s.r.o..

aswsp.sys is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about aswsp.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on aswsp.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! self protection module
Internal nameaswSP.sys
Original filenameaswSP.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software
Product version12.3.3154.8
File version12.3.3154.8

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionavast! self protection module
Internal nameaswSP.sys
Original filenameaswSP.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2014 AVAST Software
Product version12.3.3154.8
File version12.3.3154.8

Digital signatures [?]

aswsp.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVAST Software s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number07c70f7cab145bc1ed385fbe69fa3130

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the aswsp.sys file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the aswsp.sys file.

Folder name variants

aswsp.sys may also be located in other folders than C:\Windows\system32\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named aswsp.sys

aswsp.sys (21 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD528213b34725b18387cc1b8c3d73858a1
SHA256d86113d89c62f090b393b68b522581248aef3568f8fd0ff86b3625f2e6dd4db8

What will you do with aswsp.sys?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with aswsp.sys. 25% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 3 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with aswsp.sys. Only 4 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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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.

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