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ws2_32.dll

Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes

Is it the real ws2_32.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionWindows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL

2 known copies

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ws2_32.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

320bfdd2f6cc3c9215aaed1856fe381fbe63969e943895427a5a86fe373b3073

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\ws2_32.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

7e412388c871f5f1d1651da11689eb82a7e4c5785409ec2753cfc4be484d910e

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.