What is cherimoya.sys?

cherimoya.sys is part of cherimoya and developed by Cherimoya Ltd according to the cherimoya.sys version information.

cherimoya.sys's description is "Cherimoya Ltd"

cherimoya.sys is digitally signed by Nipah Systems.

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 namecherimoya
Company nameCherimoya Ltd
File descriptionCherimoya Ltd
Internal namecherimoya.sys
Original filenamecherimoya.sys
Legal copyrightCherimoya Ltd
Product version1.4.8.6
File version1.4.8.0

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

Product namecherimoya
Company nameCherimoya Ltd
File descriptionCherimoya Ltd
Internal namecherimoya.sys
Original filenamecherimoya.sys
Legal copyrightCherimoya Ltd
Product version1.4.8.6
File version1.4.8.0

Digital signatures [?]

cherimoya.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNipah Systems
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2
Certificate serial number11210f67981213bdf75f3e4545f51866170d

VirusTotal report

17 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the cherimoya.sys file. That's a 30% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Netfilter
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG WebFilter.EF
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.1052
DrWeb Adware.Vbates.28
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/NetFilter.D potentially unsafe
Jiangmin WebToolbar.Perion.g
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004ea7c21 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004ea7c21 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:WebToolbar.Win32.Perion.gen
Malwarebytes Rootkit.Agent
McAfee Artemis!3121E7B52109
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Panda Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.989
Rising Malware.Generic!RRzfdujzRII@2 (Thunder)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.Cherimoya/Variant
17 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 [?]

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MD53121e7b52109b0c4ff0fee28151be5f9
SHA256a269e49dcde0209945e94a33635d7fad96ae1f0f10b74752045b02db4f690c46

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