What is viprt.sys?

viprt.sys is part of VIA SATA IDE Driver and developed by VIA Technologies, Inc. according to the viprt.sys version information.

viprt.sys's description is "VIA SATA IDE Driver"

viprt.sys is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on viprt.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameVIA SATA IDE Driver
Company nameVIA Technologies, Inc.
File descriptionVIA SATA IDE Driver
Internal nameViPrt.sys
Original filenameViPrt.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc 2002~2007
Product version6.0.6000.212
File version6.0.6000.212

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

Product nameVIA SATA IDE Driver
Company nameVIA Technologies, Inc.
File descriptionVIA SATA IDE Driver
Internal nameViPrt.sys
Original filenameViPrt.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc ..
Product version6.0.6000.212
File version6.0.6000.212

Digital signatures [?]

viprt.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Hardware Compatibility PCA
Certificate serial number610e27d7000000000009

VirusTotal report

1 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the viprt.sys file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Rootkit-6573
1 of the 49 anti-virus programs detected the viprt.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD57c69b1b6dec5f8584aa352e522af1476
SHA25646dc6dac77620f3b4aa4f56b45fae0c5565170cf35b3d17cb567feaecb4c88c8

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with viprt.sys. 7% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 28 users.

User vote results: There were 2 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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Peter McLeod writes

0 thumbs

My computer keeps asking for the file ViPrt.sys and I can't find it. I have 2 unknown devices listed under hardware like this:
IDE ATA/ATAP Controllers
Primary
Secondary
Unknown
Unknown
VIA Busmaster IDE Controller - 0571
Via Serial ATA Controller = 3149

# 3 May 2010, 5:52

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