What is arcsas.sys?

arcsas.sys is part of Adaptec RAID Controller and developed by PMC-Sierra, Inc. according to the arcsas.sys version information.

arcsas.sys's description is "Adaptec SAS RAID WS03 Driver"

arcsas.sys is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows.

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameAdaptec RAID Controller
Company namePMC-Sierra, Inc.
File descriptionAdaptec SAS RAID WS03 Driver
Internal namearcsas.sys.B32048.mcb
Original filenamearcsas.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 PMC-Sierra, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version7.5.0.32048
File version7.5.0.32048 (NT.150223-1854)

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

Product nameAdaptec RAID Controller
Company namePMC-Sierra, Inc.
File descriptionAdaptec SAS RAID WS03 Driver
Internal namearcsas.sys.B32048.mcb
Original filenamearcsas.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 PMC-Sierra, Inc. All ..
Product version7.5.0.32048
File version7.5.0.32048 (NT.150223-1854)

Digital signatures [?]

arcsas.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Production PCA 2011
Certificate serial number33000001c422b2f79b793dacb20000000001c4

VirusTotal report

1 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the arcsas.sys file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-7029285-0
1 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the arcsas.sys file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1565794384.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "arcsas.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "GFIDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "MOFDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.1627831459045,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 3.0543551445007,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.2360479831696,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 2630,
            "time": 4.1749460697174,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "d26f54db538b0876a322853195af25e86bc57a9e6c951f26107bddc329ec4333",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "87a2d7525cf41cd10657681612aafe3e9abeca889e6d6d8162800e61176e089c",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a05ff69c88eab79e51430e6982bcc6f0
SHA256728622d57c390dc8c6d883d148d14db4db3e94ef99b726f4abdd552f32347b30

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

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