ks.dll

Kernel Streaming Debugger Extensions file version info

Library on Windows 4 known copies with hashes

Is it the real ks.dll?

file version info and known copies

Installed inC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\arm64\winxp\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\arm\winxp\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64\winxp\

Signed byMicrosoft Windows Kits Publisher

ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation

DescriptionKernel Streaming Debugger Extensions

4 known copies

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\arm\winxp\ks.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows Kits Publisher

35b110da500df2cbd44240b347c5be1a6fe90ff70a2758445fe3bc97cd09736f

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64\winxp\ks.dll · signed by Microsoft Corporation

492af2672aa84ce4a8c399d3356085cb3c9dd19bb01a1ccd4da936fb063a775e

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86\winxp\ks.dll · signed by Microsoft Corporation

4ad79d01640fb1061485ca04055db12ba597841e8d2988393c435a4550e9e705

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\arm64\winxp\ks.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows Kits Publisher

5276e00ff65bf4b62d22f20d0f918c514f5299f2a5538646b03680e11dd91c3c

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.