What is webtinst.sys?

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

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

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

Vendor and version information [?]

webtinst.sys does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

webtinst.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCorsica Technologies Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number7949ffe63b1683dccbed2e599aecdffd

VirusTotal report

10 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the webtinst.sys file. That's a 18% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Avast Win64:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
AVG Generic.3E5
AVware Revizer (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/Adware.AddLyrics.H
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004b50da1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 033333331 )
McAfee Artemis!B4D48640F1BB
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Sophos AddLyrics
VIPRE Revizer (fs)
10 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the webtinst.sys file.

webtinst.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove webtinst.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the webtinst.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that webtinst.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 webtinst.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the webtinst.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 webtinst.sys in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\windows\system32\drivers\webtinst.sys
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the webtinst.sys file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If webtinst.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If webtinst.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If webtinst.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 webtinst.sys no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b4d48640f1bbda97c34165f9ee57acfe
SHA25693a3822c4a01e5b543e6a54235f4066e48bb3e292b5158273988b206ca2ef224

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