ThreatExpert's awareness of the file "finstall.sys":

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "finstall.sys" has never been identified as a threat.

File "finstall.sys" has the following statistics:

Total number of reports analysed	611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "finstall.sys"	197
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat	0
Statistical volume of cases when "finstall.sys" was a threat	0%

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Notes:

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The file "finstall.sys" is known to be created under the following filenames:

%System%\comsa32.sys

%System%\finstall.sys

Note: %System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).