Windows 10: MS Security Essentials picked up Behavior:Win32/LimeRat.gen!MTB - How do I get rid of it?

MS Security Essentials picked up Behavior:Win32/LimeRat.gen!MTB. It said: The following error occurred: Error code 0x80070005. Access is denied. So MSSE was not able to quarantine it

Category: Suspicious Behavior
Description: This program is dangerous and executes commands from an attacker.
Recommended action: Remove this software immediately.
Items:
behaviorid:284:54648274745608
processid:284,ProcessStart:132336680787440781

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I did a full scan and also downloaded and ran MS Security Scanner, which found nothing. I also have Malwarebytes premium running full time and it did NOT pick it up. I have contacted them but they are ignoring me. This is a bad virus and can infect connected computers, usb dives

Accoding to what I have read - the malware registers itself as “Critical Process” and when the user tries to kill it, a Blue Screen of Death BSoD is raised on the victim machine. Besides this peculiar tricks, the malware has a complete set of very powerful and dangerous capabilities, such as:

• USB drive propagation, infecting all files and folders on USB drivers.
• Evasive startup methods fileless to avoid AV detection.
• Virtual machines and analysis box awareness to avoid detection.
• Stealer and CryptoStealer module to steal cryptocurrency wallets and saved passwords.
• Keylogger module
• Backdoor and RDP access.

Any help would be appreciated.

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MS Security Essentials

WInX comes with Defender, but I prefer Security Essentials. Is there a way to upgrade to MS Security Essentials?

 

Windows 10 Windows Defender versus Microsoft Security Essentials

Hi Bryan,

Microsoft Security Essentials was upgraded to Windows defender and it was a default security software from Windows 8. You cannot have both as they are one.

Since you get this annoying popup at the startup i suggest you to disable any Microsoft Security Essentials entries in Startup tab.

• Open the Task manager. by pressing Press CTRL+Shift+ESC.
• click on Startup tab
• Right click on Microsoft Security Essentials entry and click on Disable.

Restart the computer and check if that helps.

 

Cannot uninstall MS Security Essentials

I had MS Security Essentials when in Windows 7.

Now that I have upgraded to Windows 10, I'm trying to uninstall MS Security Essentials but couldn't.

The reason I want to do it is the Windows Defender that comes with Windows 10 seems to provided added protection for rootkits and bootkits.

In my computer, Windows Defended has been turned off (automatically?), and I can't uninstall MS Security Essentials (I get a message saying "You don't need to install MS Security Essentials" when trying to uninstall it, which is weird because I'm trying
to uninstall, not install it). I also cannot turn Windows Defender on because all I get is a message saying "This app has been turned off and isn't monitoring your computer", without the ability to go any further.

MS Security Essentials is running fine and seems to have a better User Interface (Extra "Settings tab" not found in Windows Defender, that allows you to set a scheduled scan, automatically check for definition files etc...). I know this because I just bought
a brand new computer with Windows 10 that only has Windows Defender on it.

What can (or should) I do?

Thanks