I have a Dell Inspiron desktop about one year old. I use HitmanPro for virus protection. Today I got this message and wondered if anyone could advise if this is harmful.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\igdkmd64.sys
Size . . . . . . . : 6,389,688 bytes
Age . . . . . . . : 186.6 days (2015-07-17 23:36:32)
Entropy . . . . . : 6.3
SHA-256 . . . . . : BDE0D8A6420356435C8202D5BA2E376768F7D76FBA46D98F0C909A5BA60FE8C5
Product . . . . . : Intel HD Graphics Drivers for Windows 8(R)
Publisher . . . . : Intel Corporation
Description . . . : Intel Graphics Kernel Mode Driver
Version . . . . . : 10.18.15.4256
Copyright . . . . : Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Intel Corporation.
Service . . . . . : igfx
LanguageID . . . . : 1033
Fuzzy . . . . . . : 45.0
The file is hidden from Windows API. This is typical for malware.
The file is completely hidden from view and most antivirus products. It may belong to a rootkit.
Starts automatically as a service during system bootup.
The file is located in a folder that contains core operating system files from Windows. This is not typical for most programs and is only common to system tools, drivers and hacking utilities.
The file is a device driver. Device drivers run as trusted (highly privileged) code.
Startup
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\igfx\
I'm constantly getting error messages with the Edge Browser regarding display.
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