What is shield.sys?

shield.sys is part of RollBack Rx and developed by Horizon DataSys Inc according to the shield.sys version information.

shield.sys's description is "Shield disk filter driver"

shield.sys is digitally signed by New Horizon DataSys Inc..

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on shield.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameRollBack Rx
Company nameHorizon DataSys Inc
File descriptionShield disk filter driver
Internal nameShdSys
Original filenameShdSys.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Horizon DataSys Inc All rights reserved.
Product version10.2
File version10.2

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

Product nameRollBack Rx
Company nameHorizon DataSys Inc
File descriptionShield disk filter driver
Internal nameShdSys
Original filenameShdSys.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Horizon DataSys Inc Al..
Product version10.2
File version10.2

Digital signatures [?]

shield.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNew Horizon DataSys Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number24b527491be086024b79a825664dd34a

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cbd3ff2de9d2a25d343411f9fc0f59ea
SHA25619e41ecfdb0bc992ec2a6cdca04e14136f08da9485b001813f29d98f47dee083

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 6 votes to remove and 4 votes to keep

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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.

Garbage writes

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My computer keeps on running into a problem and saying bad pool header. How do I fix this?

# 19 Jan 2021, 13:40

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