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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Sep 09, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

VirTool:WinNT/Xantvi.gen!A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: VirTool:WinNT/Xantvi.A (other) Agent.3.R (AVG) Win32/Eldycow!generic (CA) Win32/Adware.UltimateDefender (ESET) Backdoor.Win32.UltimateDefender.a (Kaspersky) FakeAlert-C.dr (McAfee) Mal/FakeAle-C (Sophos) Trojan.Virantix.C (Symantec) Rootkit.Renos.Gen.11 (VirusBuster)

Summary

VirTool:WinNT/Xantvi.gen!A is a generic detection for a kernel-mode rootkit driver that terminates processes and attempts to hide the presence of related malware on an affected machine.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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