What is pcsinst.dll?

pcsinst.dll is part of Personal Communications and developed by IBM Corporation according to the pcsinst.dll version information.

pcsinst.dll's description is "PCSINST.DLL"

pcsinst.dll is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about pcsinst.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pcsinst.dll:

PropertyValue
Product namePersonal Communications
Company nameIBM Corporation
File descriptionPCSINST.DLL
Internal namePCSINST.DLL
Original filenamePCSINST.DLL
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) IBM Corp. 1989, 2006
Legal trademark(R) IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Windows(TM) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation
Product version5.9.0
File version5090.0.6212.583

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

Product namePersonal Communications
Company nameIBM Corporation
File descriptionPCSINST.DLL
Internal namePCSINST.DLL
Original filenamePCSINST.DLL
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) IBM Corp. 1989, 2006
Legal trademark(R) IBM is a registered trademark of..
Product version5.9.0
File version5090.0.6212.583

Digital signatures [?]

pcsinst.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pcsinst.dll file.

None of the 42 anti-virus programs detected the pcsinst.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5eb3408e0e8bfa3ad1aea0b34988f9a6e
SHA256a41101fafe6c2d21641806b854dcef94d2effe7a2fdf323a38a1c20b786c2d35

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