What is hardlock.sys?

hardlock.sys is part of Sentinel Hardlock Device Driver for Windows x64 and developed by SafeNet Inc. according to the hardlock.sys version information.

hardlock.sys's description is "Sentinel Hardlock Device Driver for Windows x64"

hardlock.sys is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.

hardlock.sys is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on hardlock.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameSentinel Hardlock Device Driver for Windows x64
Company nameSafeNet Inc.
File descriptionSentinel Hardlock Device Driver for Windows x64
Internal namehardlock.sys
Original filenamehardlock.sys
Legal copyright© 2011 SafeNet, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version3.76
File version3.76

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

Product nameSentinel Hardlock Device Driver for ..
Company nameSafeNet Inc.
File descriptionSentinel Hardlock Device Driver for ..
Internal namehardlock.sys
Original filenamehardlock.sys
Legal copyright© 2011 SafeNet, Inc. All rights res..
Product version3.76
File version3.76

Digital signatures [?]

hardlock.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility PCA
Certificate serial number610c2e31000200000014

VirusTotal report

1 of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hardlock.sys file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.B
1 of the 45 anti-virus programs detected the hardlock.sys file.

Other files also named hardlock.sys

hardlock.sys (31 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d619ba1712b83d14149850e758b835ad
SHA256ad18807ec4da6fa8c6846c1a0d914071fd59bd3273afc103e5f2a7141f18c5f4

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Votes
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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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