NMSCFG Driver---Allow?

[Guest]

Defender presents the following message about once per week, and I can find
no information that would help me decide to "ALLOW" or "DENY". Can someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks

Summary:
Services and Drivers change occurred.

This agent monitors services and drivers acting as part of Windows, often
running with high security privileges. It ensures that no services are being
interfered with or added without proper consent.

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\NMSCFG.SYS

Detected changes:
driver:
NMSCFG

file:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\NMSCFG.SYS

Advice:
Permit this detected item only if you trust the program or the software
publisher.

Publisher:
Intel Corporation

Digitally Signed By:
NOT SIGNED

Product name:
Intel(R) NMSCFG Driver

Description:
Intel(R) NIC Management Service Configuration Driver

Original name:
NMSCFG.SYS

Creation date:
3/4/2002 12:35 PM

Size:
9868 bytes

Version:
2.1.3.0

Type:
drive

Checkpoint:
Drivers

Category:
Not Yet Classified

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

If you, in fact, have an Intel Nic, I suspect this is just fine. There's no
way to tell from the info you've presented--names mean nothing, of course.

Consider submitting the file itself to www.virustotal.com for one set of
opinions.

Find the file, right click it--and see whether there's any copyright
information listed--see if it claims to be an Intel file.

Perhaps a better tack would be to see whether Intel has a newer
driver--maybe a WHQL certified and signed driver--for your nic.

 

[Guest]

I will try your suggestion tomorrow and post anything I discover. Thanks
very much for your input........