What is hwinfo64a.sys?
hwinfo64a.sys is part of HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver and developed by REALiX(tm) according to the hwinfo64a.sys version information.
hwinfo64a.sys's description is "HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver"
hwinfo64a.sys is digitally signed by Martin Malik - REALiX.
hwinfo64a.sys is usually located in the 'c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about hwinfo64a.sys.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on hwinfo64a.sys:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver |
| Company name | REALiX(tm) |
| File description | HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver |
| Internal name | HWiNFO64A.SYS |
| Original filename | HWiNFO64A.SYS |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c)1999-2015 Martin Malík - REALiX |
| Product version | 8.98 |
| File version | 8.98 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver |
| Company name | REALiX(tm) |
| File description | HWiNFO AMD64 Kernel Driver |
| Internal name | HWiNFO64A.SYS |
| Original filename | HWiNFO64A.SYS |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c)1999-2015 Martin Malík.. |
| Product version | 8.98 |
| File version | 8.98 |
Digital signatures [?]
hwinfo64a.sys has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Martin Malik - REALiX |
| Certificate issuer name | GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 |
| Certificate serial number | 11217744f4734203086e7a2b2312fe1225d5 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hwinfo64a.sys file.
Folder name variants
hwinfo64a.sys may also be located in other folders than c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:
- c:\windows\system32\drivers\
- d:\windows\syswow64\drivers\
- c:\%USERNAME%\syswow64\drivers\
- e:\windows\syswow64\drivers\
Other files also named hwinfo64a.sys
hwinfo64a.sys (166 votes)
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | ef558a02d734a1403583e95cceec2487 |
| SHA256 | f0d052daf48a62e4a90d067bfcb5ee9563804de68d0ea82e0e11c8d16ad19d29 |
What will you do with hwinfo64a.sys?
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with hwinfo64a.sys. 21% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 29 users.
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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Bernie writes
I did install hwinfo free software to monitor my laptop, so, even though my laptop has an intel processor, since I haven`t had any suspicious problems attributable to hwinfo, I reckon this hwinfo64a.sys is part of the monitoring software, so I'm leaving it.
# 7 Jan 2017, 15:41
Ray Attwood writes
I am very far from being a techie, but I do have an analytical mind. Regarding the current furore over processors, I am surprised to note that in my C drive, the specified driver was loaded into my SysWOW64 folder (size 27KB) as recently as 30/12/2017, and that the SysWOW64 folder, itself, was last modified on 04/01/2018.
I have a Dell Studio 1745 laptop (just over eight years old) using W7 64 bit Home Premium and it has an Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz Penryn 45nm Technology processor.
Big question is: Why should I have been very recently 'gifted', without my knowledge or permission, an AMD Kernel driver ?? Wouldn't have known anything about it without FreeFixer - a superb creation. Thanks Ray
# 7 Jan 2018, 8:59
george sanders writes