What is kprocesshacker.sys?

kprocesshacker.sys is part of KProcessHacker and developed by wj32 according to the kprocesshacker.sys version information.

kprocesshacker.sys's description is "KProcessHacker"

kprocesshacker.sys is digitally signed by Wen Jia Liu.

kprocesshacker.sys is usually located in the 'c:\program files\process hacker 2\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on kprocesshacker.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameKProcessHacker
Company namewj32
File descriptionKProcessHacker
Original filenamekprocesshacker.sys
Legal copyrightLicensed under the GNU GPL, v3.
Product version2.7
File version2.7

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

Product nameKProcessHacker
Company namewj32
File descriptionKProcessHacker
Original filenamekprocesshacker.sys
Legal copyrightLicensed under the GNU GPL, v3.
Product version2.7
File version2.7

Digital signatures [?]

kprocesshacker.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameWen Jia Liu
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number03e9017d54cd93f094d0a2ab7fc0e3f5

VirusTotal report

1 of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kprocesshacker.sys file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ikarus not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.PHack
1 of the 48 anti-virus programs detected the kprocesshacker.sys file.

Other files also named kprocesshacker.sys

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD572e3f54c8a7c137487d9c8b0391e8b72
SHA2562269f6117274297a63e149c6dac51bc3780fd1f64b111f5fa535e1d5718ebccf

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 2 votes to remove and 3 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 5 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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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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