Issue Your ESET product detects the threat Win32/Sirefef, Patched.B.Gen, or Conedex You believe that you are infected with a rogue antivirus such as “Open Cloud Security” You receive the message “Error communicating with kernel” Details This malware is also known as “ZeroAccess” or “Max++” and ESET detects all variants of this threat as Win32/Sirefef Solution I. Download the ESETSirfefCleaner […]
Issue Your ESET product detects the threat Android/Simplocker.A Use the ESET Simplocker Decryptor version 1.3.0.0 to regain access to files encrypted by Simplocker Learn more about Android Simplocker malware Solution Does ESET protect me from Simplocker? Yes, ESET Mobile Security for Android detects the malware distributed by Simplocker as Android/Simplocker.A and blocks it. To ensure the highest level […]
Issue Your ESET product detects the infection Win32/TrojanDownloader.Retacino Details The Retacino infection is a trojan that attempts to write to the memory location of previously loaded programs, makes edits to registry entries and can affect network communications on infected computers. ESET software detects this infection, and you can use the decrypter tool provided in the article […]
Issue Your ESET product detects the threat Win32/Rovnix or Win32/Rovnix.A Details Win32/Rovnix is a trojan that steals sensitive information. The trojan attempts to send gathered information to a remote machine. It uses techniques common among rootkits. Solution I. Download the ESET Rovnix Cleaner tool Download the ESET Rovnix Cleaner tool. Save the file to your Desktop and continue to […]
Issue Your ESET product detects the threat Win32/Quervar.C Solution Download the ESETQuervarCleaner.exe tool Click Start → All Programs → Accessories. Right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator from the context menu. Windows 8 / 10 users: Press the Windows key + Q to open an app search and type cmd into the Search field. Right-click the cmd application when it appears in results and select Run as administrator from the […]
Issue Your ESET product detects the threat Reg/Fileless (Win32/Poweliks.A Win32/Gootkit, Win32/Kovter) You are trying to browse the Internet and the pages are being blocked Multiple Dllhost processes are running on your system Poweliks is also referred to as “powerliks” or “Powessere” Gootkit is also referred to ask “XSW” or “XSWKit” When attempting to download files using Microsoft […]
Issue ESET Technical Support has requested a Computer scan log You suspect that your computer is infected (slow or abnormal behavior) Access other types of log files Details Computer scans should be performed to examine your computer for infiltrations. We recommend that a Computer scan be run at least twice a month, or more frequently […]
Issue You suspect that your computer is infected (slow or abnormal behavior) ESET technical support has requested a Computer scan log Solution I. Scan your computer in ESET Endpoint Security or ESET Endpoint Antivirus II. Save the log and send it to Technical Support I. Scan your computer in ESET Endpoint Security or ESET Endpoint […]
Issue ESET detects the threat Win32/Olmarik or one of its variants (Olmarik.TDL4, Olmasco, etc.) Details There are several variants of Olmarik malware. ESET has developed a stand-alone removal tool that can be run on any infected system to ensure that Olmarik is removed completely. Solution Download the ESET Olmarik removal tool and save it to your Desktop. […]
Issue Unable to install ESET products ESET is not functioning or is giving error messages Error communicating with EKRN Analysis of application protocols (POP3, HTTP) will not function Your ESET product detects the threat Win32/TrojanDownloader.Necurs.A Details The Win32/Necurs infection is designed to deny read access to malicious files and is able to run at the kernel […]