What is excfs.sys?

excfs.sys is part of ExpressCache™ and developed by Diskeeper Corporation according to the excfs.sys version information.

excfs.sys's description is "ExpressCache Filesystem Filter Driver"

excfs.sys is digitally signed by DISKEEPER CORPORATION.

excfs.sys is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about excfs.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on excfs.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameExpressCache™
Company nameDiskeeper Corporation
File descriptionExpressCache Filesystem Filter Driver
Internal nameexcfs.sys
Original filenameexcfs.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright© 2010-2011 Diskeeper Corporation.
Product version1.0.86.0
File version1.0.86.0 built by: WinDDK

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

Product nameExpressCache™
Company nameDiskeeper Corporation
File descriptionExpressCache Filesystem Filter Driver
Internal nameexcfs.sys
Original filenameexcfs.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright© 2010-2011 Diskeeper Corp..
Product version1.0.86.0
File version1.0.86.0 built by: WinDDK

Digital signatures [?]

excfs.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDISKEEPER CORPORATION
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number3b988fe5199e6f8d938a1a1fd853b882

VirusTotal report

None of the 44 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the excfs.sys file.

None of the 44 anti-virus programs detected the excfs.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d2eaa04af43154b62fa85b08bad0a7ca
SHA256b18f09cad04ad61a1b8dcd3bbc70a82fb50008c147389d3245e39856ba940a87

What will you do with excfs.sys?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with excfs.sys. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

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

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with excfs.sys. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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