What is phylock.sys?

phylock.sys is part of PHYLock and developed by TeraByte, Inc. according to the phylock.sys version information.

phylock.sys is digitally signed by TeraByte, Inc..

phylock.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 phylock.sys:

PropertyValue
Product namePHYLock
Company nameTeraByte, Inc.
Original filenamephylock.sys
CommentsAdd-On component for IFW.
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003-2006 TeraByte, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Legal trademarkPHYLock
Product version2.01a
File version2, 0, 1, 1

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

Product namePHYLock
Company nameTeraByte, Inc.
Original filenamephylock.sys
CommentsAdd-On component for IFW.
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003-2006 TeraByte, Inc..
Legal trademarkPHYLock
Product version2.01a
File version2, 0, 1, 1

Digital signatures [?]

phylock.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTeraByte, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number371eb81730ebae7eb68328656c61d454

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c56b0ba5a45707237aba9804a232609c
SHA256444ae7d8afa8ffe50d7362ce5bba36c2485d531a72524e1486bf6208f43f4d52

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 3 votes to keep

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