What is certsentry.dll?

certsentry.dll is part of COMODO CertSentry and developed by COMODO CA Limited according to the certsentry.dll version information.

certsentry.dll's description is "COMODO CertSentry Revocation Provider"

certsentry.dll is digitally signed by COMODO CA Limited.

certsentry.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about certsentry.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on certsentry.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameCOMODO CertSentry
Company nameCOMODO CA Limited
File descriptionCOMODO CertSentry Revocation Provider
Internal nameCertSentry
Original filenamecertsentry.dll
Legal copyright© 2011-2012 COMODO CA Limited
Product version1.3
File version1.3

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

Product nameCOMODO CertSentry
Company nameCOMODO CA Limited
File descriptionCOMODO CertSentry Revocation Provider
Internal nameCertSentry
Original filenamecertsentry.dll
Legal copyright© 2011-2012 COMODO CA Limited
Product version1.3
File version1.3

Digital signatures [?]

certsentry.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCOMODO CA Limited
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO Code Signing CA 2
Certificate serial number31b9cc4146bbe579bc6abcc3f7d245e8

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the certsentry.dll file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the certsentry.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5657788af0854c7447e3f656c67d2b31c
SHA256ee6a3f583f5ddea230b0d19a1c4446de45354eb14c044ed06a9574719ddf2bbb

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with certsentry.dll. 66% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 38 users.

User vote results: There were 25 votes to remove and 13 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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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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