What is fssfltr.sys?

fssfltr.sys is part of Windows Live™ OneCare™ Family Safety and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the fssfltr.sys version information.

fssfltr.sys's description is "Family Safety Filter Driver"

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on fssfltr.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameWindows Live™ OneCare™ Family Safety
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionFamily Safety Filter Driver
Internal namefssfltr.sys
Original filenamefssfltr.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright ® 1995-2007 Microsoft Corporation.
Product version1.8.4420.0
File version1.8.4420.0

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

Product nameWindows Live™ OneCare™ Family Sa..
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionFamily Safety Filter Driver
Internal namefssfltr.sys
Original filenamefssfltr.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright ® 1995-2007 Microsoft Cor..
Product version1.8.4420.0
File version1.8.4420.0

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c643b6fc2a22ab538085e37aabfe76d4
SHA256eeaf99f6667b8580fb5ed42e57ad6e9435ff31e66e116f122263bef0ec196e77

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The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with fssfltr.sys. 39% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 18 users.

User vote results: There were 7 votes to remove and 11 votes to keep

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