What is fortishield.sys?

fortishield.sys is part of Fortinet FortiClient and developed by Fortinet Inc according to the fortishield.sys version information.

fortishield.sys's description is "FortiClient File System Filter Driver"

fortishield.sys is digitally signed by Fortinet Technologies.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on fortishield.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameFortinet FortiClient
Company nameFortinet Inc
File descriptionFortiClient File System Filter Driver
Internal namefortishield.sys
Original filenamefortishield.sys
Legal copyright2013 Fortinet Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version5.0.2.225
File version5.0.2.225 built by: WinDDK

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

Product nameFortinet FortiClient
Company nameFortinet Inc
File descriptionFortiClient File System Filter Driver
Internal namefortishield.sys
Original filenamefortishield.sys
Legal copyright2013 Fortinet Inc. All rights reserv..
Product version5.0.2.225
File version5.0.2.225 built by: WinDDK

Digital signatures [?]

fortishield.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameFortinet Technologies
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number068a8678e09f4b3b5f74eb749451c6

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the fortishield.sys file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the fortishield.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD52cd574286ce0c3041e7935b25f47c886
SHA256f679a3ed6e46c9ad65199e27ce040b1a2fc0a5ca240203b8806ac1d88812763a

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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.

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Shinu writes

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We are facing a problem ,Windows 10 system is getting into blue screen error ,saying PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA.

What failed is Fortishield.sys

# 15 Jul 2020, 2:53

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Shinu: It sounds like there a programming error in the fortishield.sys driver. Please check with Fortinet to see if they have a software update that fix the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA problem.

# 15 Jul 2020, 13:41

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