Athena Smartcard Solutions Athena CCID Smartcard Reader how to download and install the driver

Athena CCID Smartcard Reader is a Smart Card Reader hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Athena Smartcard Solutions. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0DC3&PID_1008&MI_00.

1. How to manually install Athena Smartcard Solutions Athena CCID Smartcard Reader driver

1. Download the setup file for Athena Smartcard Solutions Athena CCID Smartcard Reader driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 1.0.0.2 dated 2015-06-10.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 44249 bytes (43.21 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 5 stars out of 68609 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Athena Smartcard Solutions Athena CCID Smartcard Reader driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Athena Smartcard Solutions Athena CCID Smartcard Reader driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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