What is webinstrH.sys?

webinstrH.sys is part of Web Instrument New and developed by Corsica according to the webinstrH.sys version information.

webinstrH.sys's description is "Web Instrumentation New Driver"

webinstrH.sys is digitally signed by Corsica Technologies Ltd..

webinstrH.sys is usually located in the 'c:\Windows\System32\drivers\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on webinstrH.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameWeb Instrument New
Company nameCorsica
File descriptionWeb Instrumentation New Driver
Internal nameWeb Instrument
Original filenamewebinstrH.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014
Product version1.1.0.1
File version1.1.0.1

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

Product nameWeb Instrument New
Company nameCorsica
File descriptionWeb Instrumentation New Driver
Internal nameWeb Instrument
Original filenamewebinstrH.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014
Product version1.1.0.1
File version1.1.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

webinstrH.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCorsica Technologies Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number70eca2b222e57f5330852a47ebb2a333

VirusTotal report

5 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the webinstrH.sys file. That's a 9% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AVware Revizer (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.CS
Sophos AddLyrics
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V1126
VIPRE Revizer (fs)
5 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the webinstrH.sys file.

webinstrH.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove webinstrH.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the webinstrH.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that webinstrH.sys has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate webinstrH.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the webinstrH.sys file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate webinstrH.sys in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\Windows\System32\drivers\webinstrH.sys
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the webinstrH.sys file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If webinstrH.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If webinstrH.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If webinstrH.sys still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that webinstrH.sys no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54ea2efc7a4ccd37174160e0fb0677706
SHA256eb64f4b40216b1e00b8b0c89df02ea5dc983dcfcb2cef97baebfa42bbd8fdd5d

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with webinstrH.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 webinstrH.sys. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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