What is the "afd.sys" ? Variant 6017418
Our database contains 530 different files for filename afd.sys but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the afd.sys then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name afd.sys. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This file contains driver. You can find it in the Drivers section of the System Explorer.
- Product:
- Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
- Company:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Description:
- Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
- Version:
- 5.2.3790.4949
- MD5:
- 317e75d96065ac6af5ef8857ce2e399b
- SHA1:
- af1521d181adbbb398e1482fe75c6f56e2cf1245
- SHA256:
- 348483a20e6876d998cd675ff9a7c768dbaa27dae6848c8575dfc769ddeba6ba
- Size:
- 150528
- Directory:
- C:\Windows\System32\DRIVERS
- Operating System:
- Windows Server 2003
- Occurence:
- High
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User Reviews of the "afd.sys"
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SAFErating from user MikeOne (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