What is sar2.dll?

sar2.dll is part of Sophos Anti-Rootkit and developed by Sophos Plc according to the sar2.dll version information.

sar2.dll's description is "Sophos Anti-Rootkit component 2"

sar2.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Rootkit\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about sar2.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on sar2.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameSophos Anti-Rootkit
Company nameSophos Plc
File descriptionSophos Anti-Rootkit component 2
Internal nameSAR2
Original filenamesar2.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2009
Product version1, 5, 0, 0
File version1, 5, 0, 0

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

Product nameSophos Anti-Rootkit
Company nameSophos Plc
File descriptionSophos Anti-Rootkit component 2
Internal nameSAR2
Original filenamesar2.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2009
Product version1, 5, 0, 0
File version1, 5, 0, 0

Digital signatures [?]

sar2.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 44 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sar2.dll file.

None of the 44 anti-virus programs detected the sar2.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b32a6976866aa5f91aa85175121cef97
SHA2567c2e0206726ebd54fca1e56c51375af549549f1665ab1050f7dcd86e5e452c7a

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