What is sptd2.sys?

sptd2.sys is part of SCSI Pass Through Direct and developed by Duplex Secure Ltd according to the sptd2.sys version information.

sptd2.sys's description is "SCSI Pass Through Direct Host"

sptd2.sys is digitally signed by Disc Soft Ltd.

sptd2.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected sptd2.sys.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on sptd2.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameSCSI Pass Through Direct
Company nameDuplex Secure Ltd
File descriptionSCSI Pass Through Direct Host
Internal namesptd2
Original filenamesptd2.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004-2015
Product version2.02.0.0
File version2.02.0.0

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

Product nameSCSI Pass Through Direct
Company nameDuplex Secure Ltd
File descriptionSCSI Pass Through Direct Host
Internal namesptd2
Original filenamesptd2.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004-2015
Product version2.02.0.0
File version2.02.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

sptd2.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDisc Soft Ltd
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2
Certificate serial number1121352e0b2023d1a751886dcbe97d37795e

VirusTotal report

3 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sptd2.sys file. That's a 5% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
McAfee Generic Obfuscated.c
McAfee-GW-Edition Generic Obfuscated.c
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0130
3 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the sptd2.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD533b59bb5f6b551c26957d20fdcbd2198
SHA2561c66325f0ba909400c3c0c190a66ddc1a19408011e61e9b0f3976c12d5eff0e0

What will you do with sptd2.sys?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with sptd2.sys:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with sptd2.sys. 69% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 16 users.

User vote results: There were 11 votes to remove and 5 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with sptd2.sys. Only 16 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Walter writes

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In my case it was a part of Diashow Ultimate 7.8.01 and causes a BSOD. So I renamed it everything is OK, Diashow is running und no more BSOD.

# 6 Jul 2016, 6:50

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Walter: Thank you!

# 11 Aug 2016, 5:07

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