If you’re working with older government or enterprise document verification systems (especially those integrated with India’s or eLock digital signature/locker frameworks), you may have come across the process elocknsdlclient.exe running on a Windows machine.

If the file is located in C:\Windows\System32 or a random temp folder, it is highly likely to be malware.

If you have spotted elocknsdlclient.exe running in your Windows Task Manager and are unsure what it is, you are not alone. Unknown processes can often be a source of anxiety for users concerned about malware or system performance.