What is the "athrx.sys" ? Variant 1301940
Our database contains 223 different files for filename athrx.sys but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the athrx.sys then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name athrx.sys. This file belongs to product Driver for Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter and was developed by company Atheros Communications, Inc.. This file has description 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.
- Product:
- Driver for Atheros CB42/CB43/MB42/MB43 Network Adapter
- Company:
- Atheros Communications, Inc.
- Description:
- Atheros Extensible Wireless LAN device driver
- Version:
- 8.0.0.335
- MD5:
- 00100a6ed467b6ecb96dcc0f259fd633
- SHA1:
- e6059fccb353e129ad94748ac5cf0cd54788f2f3
- SHA256:
- 8ec72ad48c852f1490181c92e51e4c515542b28a2f86c3daf2ff57325f9ae124
- Size:
- 1602048
- Directory:
- C:\Windows\System32\DRIVERS
- Operating System:
- Windows 7
- Occurence:
- Low
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System Explorer Community Antivirus Report
| Antivirus Name | Latest Toleration |
|---|---|
| avast! Antivirus | 2015-06-16 12:47:27 |
| Microsoft Security Essentials | 2014-06-06 12:28:06 |
Is the Driver "athrx.sys" Safe or Threat ?
User Reviews of the "athrx.sys"
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SAFErating from user PhilippeV (Variant: 1301940)
Necessary driver for enabling WiFi network access on some Asus notebooks with its builting WiFi interface card. Disabling/deleting it will forbif you all accesses via wifi (no replacement driver with a generic Windows driver, Windows Update will reenable this device driver via the PlugnPlay drivers control panel). Unfortunately this driver file itself is not signed itself, but it has a secure signature in the driver installation catalog file (.cat, coming with the .inf installation file) (certified with MS Hardware Quality Labs, which is required on Windows 7 to allow this driver being loaded in boot Safe mode with network access). This driver file is installed with another driver from Microsoft: Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys which allows creating additional virtual Wifi networks above it (this allows connecting, via a secure VPN over the internet, to a remote Wifi access point running on a Windows host, using the same security level as if you were accessing to that Wifi access point in its limited geographical neighborhood). That second driver is installed along with Windows 7 and maintained by Windows Update and fully compatible with this certified Atheros hardware wifi driver. To make sure that this is a legitimate driver, open the Device manager, and check the "driver details" to see the digital MSHQL signature from the device driver catalog, and check the location of installation: the location should be in:
:\Windows\system32\drivers\ on most installations of Windows (the exception being only custom installations created in professional environments with variable deployment options for the location of Windows drivers).