What is hardlock.sys?

hardlock.sys is part of Hardlock Device Driver for Windows NT and developed by Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. according to the hardlock.sys version information.

hardlock.sys's description is "Hardlock Device Driver for Windows NT"

hardlock.sys is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.

hardlock.sys is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on hardlock.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameHardlock Device Driver for Windows NT
Company nameAladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.
File descriptionHardlock Device Driver for Windows NT
Internal namehardlock.sys
Original filenamehardlock.sys
Legal copyrightAladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (c) 1985-2005.
Product version3.40
File version3.40

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

Product nameHardlock Device Driver for Windows NT
Company nameAladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.
File descriptionHardlock Device Driver for Windows NT
Internal namehardlock.sys
Original filenamehardlock.sys
Legal copyrightAladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (c) 1..
Product version3.40
File version3.40

Digital signatures [?]

hardlock.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility PCA
Certificate serial number61060e0c000000000008

VirusTotal report

None of the 52 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hardlock.sys file.

None of the 52 anti-virus programs detected the hardlock.sys file.

Folder name variants

hardlock.sys may also be located in other folders than c:\windows\system32\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c1cc0c9742b881c42f1cc628e6f9ebd1
SHA2560f63b84b36e25ba208dfa6ad467eeaa20575519eff1ed62f3a35010cb7cdb9d8

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with hardlock.sys. 31% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 32 users.

User vote results: There were 10 votes to remove and 22 votes to keep

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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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