poortry1.sys
POORTRY variant
poortry1.sys is a variant of POORTRY, the WHQL-signed kernel malware publicly disclosed by SentinelOne and Mandiant in December 2022. Same toolkit, same purpose (terminating antivirus and EDR processes from kernel mode), same Microsoft advisory ADV220005. See the entry for poortry.sysDriverpoortry.sysPOORTRY: Microsoft-signed kernel malwareOpen plate → for the full story.
Not a legitimate vendor driver. If present on a system, treat as evidence of compromise and escalate to incident response.
poortry1.sys is listed as malicious on the public LOLDrivers project. One distinct binary hash matching this filename is on record.
Status data comes from the public LOLDrivers project, a community-curated registry of drivers known to be vulnerable or malicious. The snapshot Vera uses was refreshed July 10, 2026. CVE links go to the NIST National Vulnerability Database.
Vera Project. “poortry1.sys.” Vera Field Guide (Driver). The Vera Project. https://www.veraproject.xyz/field-guide/drivers/poortry1-sys
