Prismxl.sys with description PrismXL Service is a driver file from company New Boundary Technologies, Inc. belonging to product PrismXL Software Family.
The file is not digitally signed.
What is prismxl.sys?
This is a part of New Boundary Technologies' PrismXL Software Deployment software. It comes pre-installed on some computers, and is often installed on computers in corporate environments. Its purpose is to facilitate automatic installation and maintenance of software over a network.
This process is not essential to the operation of the system and, if you are not on a corporate network, can safely be killed or uninstalled. The service can be disabled from within services.msc by disabling the PrismXL service. Note that by doing so, your system will not be able to get updates over the local network. If you are a home user, this is probably acceptable; however, if you are on a corporate network, the corporation probably wants the ability to update all of its systems when necessary and therefore should not be disabled.
Dangers of prismxl.sys
As this is a legitimate process that is installed on many systems, it is possible for virus writers and spyware vendors to disguise their malware as the genuine one.
Some malicious files may have the same name as this process but be stored somewhere other than in %ProgramFiles%Common FilesNew Boundary or %ProgramFiles%Common FilesLanovation. Other malware may use a name that appears similar to that of the legitimate one but with slight differences in spelling or with appended digits. While there are currently no known viruses, Trojans, or adware applications that disguise themselves as this process, you should look out for the presence of this file in an incorrect location or with a slightly different name.
There is typically only one instance of this process running at a given time on a system. The presence of multiple instances may be an indicator of a malware infection.
Common problems
- This process wants network access
- This is by design, as the purpose of this process is to install software and updates over a network.
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