What is webinstrnhkt.sys?

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

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

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

webinstrnhkt.sys is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected webinstrnhkt.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.

VirusTotal report

19 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the webinstrnhkt.sys file. That's a 34% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Avast	Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
AVG	Generic.3E5
Avira	Adware/AddLyrics.49216.1
AVware	Revizer (fs)
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.81
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.DT
Fortinet	Riskware/AddLyrics
Ikarus	PUA.AddLyrics
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004b09bc1 )
K7GW	Dialer ( 2007d6411 )
McAfee	Artemis!1712807A9C91
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
Sophos	AddLyrics
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OB115
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OB115
VIPRE	Revizer (fs)

webinstrnhkt.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove webinstrnhkt.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the webinstrnhkt.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that webinstrnhkt.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate webinstrnhkt.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the webinstrnhkt.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 webinstrnhkt.sys in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\windows\system32\drivers\webinstrnhkt.sys

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the webinstrnhkt.sys file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If webinstrnhkt.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If webinstrnhkt.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If webinstrnhkt.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 webinstrnhkt.sys no longer appear in the scan result.

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