What is the "afd.sys" ?

Our database contains 530 different files for filename afd.sys . You can also check most distributed file variants with name afd.sys. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 4 reviews.This file contains driver. You can find it in the Drivers section of the System Explorer.

This system file : "Ancillary Function Driver" (afd.sys) manages the Winsock TCP/IP communications protocol. Microsoft article about possible vulnerabilities can be found here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-009

afd.sys Driver

File details of most used file with name "afd.sys"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
Version:
6.1.7601.17752
MD5:
1c7857b62de5994a75b054a9fd4c3825
SHA1:
0b20533b8dd6b01737b4c87ace6b4bfc197d5865
SHA256:
83f963d7e636532b1ad30b1e727ec429317ca540f6eb3bb268fcc0b163b67767
Size:
498688
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32\DRIVERS
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

Is the Driver "afd.sys" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "afd.sys" was discovered 4010 days ago. Our database contains 90 variants of the file "afd.sys" with final rating Safe and 8 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "afd.sys"

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Reviews for all files with name "afd.sys"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\afd.sys (Variant: 6017418)

    This system file : "Ancillary Function Driver" (afd.sys) manages the Winsock TCP/IP communications protocol. Microsoft article about possible vulnerabilities can be found here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-009

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\afd.sys (Variant: 12239836)

    Windows 8 version of Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock.

  • SAFErating from user nuthsoe for file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\afd.sys

  • SAFErating from user SadasPoeta for file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\afd.sys