What is the "athw8x.sys" ? Variant 18198360

Our database contains 35 different files for filename athw8x.sys but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the athw8x.sys then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name athw8x.sys. This file belongs to product Driver for Qualcomm Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter and was developed by company Qualcomm Atheros Communications, Inc.. This file has description Qualcomm Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver. 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.

athw8x.sys Driver
Product:
Driver for Qualcomm Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter
Company:
Qualcomm Atheros Communications, Inc.
Description:
Qualcomm Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver
Version:
10.0.0.222
MD5:
62b78165a465844cc7552f5d2e051e71
SHA1:
631aa3b68e09951f51207eac07d4c4898c8d25eb
SHA256:
f155bb64a8fe6332e34e4ddfcd08f02ca148908e55a9e5dbef958605ff8b9a2e
Size:
3735040
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32\DRIVERS
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Panda Free Antivirus2016-07-21 22:35:29
Kaspersky Total Security2016-07-18 13:52:14
Windows Defender2016-07-11 01:23:55
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-06-16 09:26:12
McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware2016-06-13 16:53:29
Norton AntiVirus Online2016-06-07 04:34:20
avast! Antivirus2016-04-13 02:32:25
360 Total Security2016-04-11 09:42:03
Norton Internet Security2016-02-28 17:12:34
Avira Antivirus2016-02-21 13:44:03
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User Reviews of the "athw8x.sys"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\DRIVERS\athw8x.sys (Variant: 20041098)

    This file is a system driver for a special device - in this case for the Qualcomm Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter - it serves as a Extensible Wireless LAN device driver. This driver is loaded by operating system when wifi communication using this device is needed.