What is siremfil.sys?
siremfil.sys is part of eSATA Removable drive filter driver and developed by Silicon Image, Inc according to the siremfil.sys version information.
siremfil.sys's description is "Filter driver for Silicon Image SATALink controllers."
siremfil.sys is digitally signed by Silicon Image, Inc..
siremfil.sys is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about siremfil.sys.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on siremfil.sys:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | eSATA Removable drive filter driver |
| Company name | Silicon Image, Inc |
| File description | Filter driver for Silicon Image SATALink controllers. |
| Internal name | SiRemFil |
| Original filename | SiRemFil.sys |
| Comments | Filter driver that can mark drives attached to Silicon Image SATA controllers as removable devices. |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2005-2007 Silicon Image, Inc |
| Legal trademark | SATALink is a trademark or registered trademark of Silicon Image, Inc. |
| Product version | 1.1.8.0 |
| File version | 1.1.8.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | eSATA Removable drive filter driver |
| Company name | Silicon Image, Inc |
| File description | Filter driver for Silicon Image SATA.. |
| Internal name | SiRemFil |
| Original filename | SiRemFil.sys |
| Comments | Filter driver that can mark drives a.. |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2005-2007 Silicon Image.. |
| Legal trademark | SATALink is a trademark or registere.. |
| Product version | 1.1.8.0 |
| File version | 1.1.8.0 |
Digital signatures [?]
siremfil.sys has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Silicon Image, Inc. |
| Certificate issuer name | VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA |
| Certificate serial number | 5df5af693c09d7c20a9a57c641bd3967 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the siremfil.sys file.
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Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | b742c37002b8ebef6e230df9b4b28546 |
| SHA256 | e7daf42e4c2a5e01218790afdb54317448b9301fd8f874fded853e5088e751cd |
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Comments
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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SiRemFilSys is indeed as you describe. It is a driver loaded upon the install of a silicon image sata or esata device (conroller card).
For whatever reason I have seen this now listed as a driver for other devices within my os even though the esata card was removed. In any case it was never needed to support my other controllers. I have tried to manually remove the driver and it crashes the system. Also hacked the registry to get rid of it. That worked then it came back. I would like to get rid of this as I think it is causing a bottleneck, not severe, but still a bottleneck.
# 10 Oct 2011, 13:34
Tedd Lewis writes