What is cherimoya.sys?

cherimoya.sys is part of Windows (R) Win 7 DDK driver and developed by Windows (R) Win 7 DDK provider according to the cherimoya.sys version information.

cherimoya.sys's description is "Cherimoya Ltd"

cherimoya.sys is digitally signed by Cupuacu Labs.

cherimoya.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected cherimoya.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 cherimoya.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameWindows (R) Win 7 DDK driver
Company nameWindows (R) Win 7 DDK provider
File descriptionCherimoya Ltd
Internal namecherimoya.sys
Original filenamecherimoya.sys
Legal copyrightCherimoya Ltd
Product version6.1.7600.16385
File version1.4.7.6 built by: WinDDK

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

Product nameWindows (R) Win 7 DDK driver
Company nameWindows (R) Win 7 DDK provider
File descriptionCherimoya Ltd
Internal namecherimoya.sys
Original filenamecherimoya.sys
Legal copyrightCherimoya Ltd
Product version6.1.7600.16385
File version1.4.7.6 built by: WinDDK

Digital signatures [?]

cherimoya.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCupuacu Labs
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2
Certificate serial number1121e5400af5240a319554c96e141db2fd58

VirusTotal report

21 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the cherimoya.sys file. That's a 37% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.NetFilter.X
ALYac Adware.NetFilter.X
Arcabit PUP.Adware.Cupuacu.ecb
AVG Generic.4D9
AVware NetFilter (fs)
BitDefender Adware.NetFilter.X
Bkav W64.HfsAdware.C501
DrWeb Adware.Shopper.989
Emsisoft Adware.NetFilter.X (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe
F-Secure Adware.NetFilter.X
Fortinet Adware/NetFilter
GData Adware.NetFilter.X
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004b8fe91 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004b8fe91 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Shopperz.BrwsrFlsh
McAfee Artemis!A796336F771E
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.NetFilter.X
nProtect Adware.NetFilter.X
VIPRE NetFilter (fs)
21 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the cherimoya.sys file.

cherimoya.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove cherimoya.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the cherimoya.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that cherimoya.sys has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate cherimoya.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the cherimoya.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 cherimoya.sys in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\cherimoya.sys
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the cherimoya.sys file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If cherimoya.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If cherimoya.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If cherimoya.sys still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that cherimoya.sys no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a796336f771e0f5990cd80131098c894
SHA256937654815d9e2eebc4b3022953f93499c19e83812e7165656061dd039368318b

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