What is atc.sys?

atc.sys is part of BitDefender® AntiVirus and developed by BitDefender S.R.L. Bucharest, ROMANIA according to the atc.sys version information.

atc.sys's description is "BitDefender Active Threat Control Filesystem Minifilter"

atc.sys is digitally signed by Bitdefender SRL.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on atc.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameBitDefender® AntiVirus
Company nameBitDefender S.R.L. Bucharest, ROMANIA
File descriptionBitDefender Active Threat Control Filesystem Minifilter
Internal nameATC.SYS
Original filenameATC.SYS
Legal copyright© BitDefender S.R.L. All rights reserved.
Product version13
File version1.7.74.0 0x3107ded

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

Product nameBitDefender® AntiVirus
Company nameBitDefender S.R.L. Bucharest, ROMANIA
File descriptionBitDefender Active Threat Control Fi..
Internal nameATC.SYS
Original filenameATC.SYS
Legal copyright© BitDefender S.R.L. All rights res..
Product version13
File version1.7.74.0 0x3107ded

Digital signatures [?]

atc.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBitdefender SRL
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number3db29a3651f3f5e49ce079d283957630

VirusTotal report

None of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the atc.sys file.

None of the 61 anti-virus programs detected the atc.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5416b5900aa97b5ee535726fc4e314558
SHA256c1a1a151a8e0ac309476c87d9980fecd6943f5d79ae15c7f9594df59a4e152a3

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with atc.sys. 61% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 46 users.

User vote results: There were 28 votes to remove and 18 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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