What is sptd.sys?

sptd.sys is part of SCSI Pass Through Direct and developed by Duplex Secure Ltd. according to the sptd.sys version information.

sptd.sys's description is "SCSI Pass Through Direct Host"

sptd.sys is digitally signed by Duplex Secure Ltd.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on sptd.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameSCSI Pass Through Direct
Company nameDuplex Secure Ltd.
File descriptionSCSI Pass Through Direct Host
Internal nameSPTD.SYS
Original filenamesptd.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004
Product version1.59.0.0
File version1.59.0.0 built by: WinDDK

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

Product nameSCSI Pass Through Direct
Company nameDuplex Secure Ltd.
File descriptionSCSI Pass Through Direct Host
Internal nameSPTD.SYS
Original filenamesptd.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2004
Product version1.59.0.0
File version1.59.0.0 built by: WinDDK

Digital signatures [?]

sptd.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDuplex Secure Ltd
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number3217b318d8b2b1501b3711ee65205704

VirusTotal report

1 of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sptd.sys file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.G
1 of the 51 anti-virus programs detected the sptd.sys file.

Folder name variants

sptd.sys may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD51a606a8d611816adc47d2b25dbedcb1f
SHA25680170ef78f351be1981e3deb59e2e6fd4668002507c640cb5a826532624bbdec

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User vote results: There were 12 votes to remove and 26 votes to keep

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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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Roger Karlsson writes

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I found this on the developers web site:

"SPTD is a new method of access to storage devices that was developed by Duplex Secure Ltd.

Basically SPTD is similar to other access layers used by other programs (eg. ASPI from Adaptec, or standard SPTI from Microsoft) who provide access to storage devices but it has a lot more features that make this interface unique.

The key feature of SPTD is its ability to provide direct control of devices without risk of compromising it by some malicious 3rd party filter drivers or other "rootkit" applications that are common today - this is the main goal of SPTD development for organizations and applications where it currently used.

If SPTD is bundled with your application then most likely it will not work without SPTD (Please consult manufacturer of application for more detailed information).

SPTD is currently supported only on Microsoft OS Windows 2000 and above. SPTD (similar to other access layers) is by default not removed from your system after uninstallation of software application which used SPTD, in order not to disrupt other applications that may use it! This also allows user to avoid reboots in most cases for new installations if same SPTD version is already present on his system."

Hope this helped.

# 26 Jan 2012, 23:05

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