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apds.dll

Microsoft Help Data Services Module file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes

Is it the real apds.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionMicrosoft Help Data Services Module

2 known copies

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\apds.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

c233004c4739538f18e767b88d356224050e41eeaa20919d91f93d2baf8bd5fe

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\apds.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

fceafa6a997f426a469522fcedce0a753d684b9970f15c449839f0e7a3e8e4c0

From the file’s version info and the copies recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which known copy a hash is.