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pid.dll

Microsoft PID file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes

Is it the real pid.dll?

file version info and known copies
Original namePID in the file’s header: a renamed copy still carries it
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionMicrosoft PID

2 known copies

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

03f3481453cdd985200c09fb9c43dae8773e3cb3c4abe015c60e6637b5131b73

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

88807fdcc2f39bdc79cb6de7148af11865b7a07c2a9dd95be7e144aac3a05bee

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.