What is webinstrnhkt.sys?
webinstrnhkt.sys is part of Web Instrument New and developed by Corsica according to the webinstrnhkt.sys version information.
webinstrnhkt.sys's description is "Web Instrumentation New Driver"
webinstrnhkt.sys is digitally signed by Corsica Technologies Ltd..
webinstrnhkt.sys is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected webinstrnhkt.sys.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on webinstrnhkt.sys:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Web Instrument New |
| Company name | Corsica |
| File description | Web Instrumentation New Driver |
| Internal name | Web Instrument |
| Original filename | webinstrH.sys |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (C) 2014 |
| Product version | 1.1.0.1 |
| File version | 1.1.0.1 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Web Instrument New |
| Company name | Corsica |
| File description | Web Instrumentation New Driver |
| Internal name | Web Instrument |
| Original filename | webinstrH.sys |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (C) 2014 |
| Product version | 1.1.0.1 |
| File version | 1.1.0.1 |
Digital signatures [?]
webinstrnhkt.sys has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Corsica Technologies Ltd. |
| Certificate issuer name | VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA |
| Certificate serial number | 7949ffe63b1683dccbed2e599aecdffd |
VirusTotal report
5 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the webinstrnhkt.sys file. That's a 9% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.3E5 |
| AVware | Revizer (fs) |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/Adware.AddLyrics.F |
| Sophos | AddLyrics |
| VIPRE | Revizer (fs) |
webinstrnhkt.sys removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove webinstrnhkt.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the webinstrnhkt.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that webinstrnhkt.sys has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate webinstrnhkt.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the webinstrnhkt.sys file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate webinstrnhkt.sys in the scan result.
c:\windows\system32\drivers\webinstrnhkt.sys 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the webinstrnhkt.sys file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If webinstrnhkt.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If webinstrnhkt.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If webinstrnhkt.sys still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that webinstrnhkt.sys no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 49cc36b75a20d7c7b0fa7be9840f5118 |
| SHA256 | fcdd065d60e7ca7dea43e5cc670ffa2596e84c795e70df3c9d890882173bf835 |
What will you do with the file?
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 100 % | 1 | |
| Remove | 0 % | 0 |
Comments
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