Windows 10: My antivirus flagged this file as a rootkit and I am unable to delete it. It keeps...

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RootKits

These two rootkits were flagged by SPYHUNTER, but failed to remove them. I ran the various programs suggested and they have disappeared. They did not show up in Windows Defender. I used SPYHUNTER to remove KVOTER which Defender flagged, did not remove.

 

....Trend Micro Rootkit Buster.... source

...Rootkit Revealer......Antivirus scan...

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download:1.)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/RootkitRevealer.mspx
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download:2.)
Download Microsoft Sysinternals Rootkit Revealer - MajorGeeks
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first run produced five possibilities.
second run...start antivirus full scan, (f-secure) and Rootkit Revealer.
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F-Secure suspended the Revealer on the fifth listing. F-Secure gave options to quarantine or delete. On delete the Revealer continued to end and F-Secure continued to end of scan.
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Third run: Both Revealer and F-Secure ran to end. FSecure reported no malware.

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6 Rootkit Detector Programs reviewed & compared: INTERESTING READ!

Here, I keep this list of them around:

Sophos AntiRootkit
BitDefender AntiRootkit
FSecure Blacklight
McAfee AntiRootkit
Rootkit Buster
Rootkit Revealer
Rootkit Unhooker
GMER
Rootkit Hook Analyzer

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* Some more of them that are NOT in the list tested above are in that list... they are 'bolded' for your references...

APK