What is afkdaa2.sys?

afkdaa2.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected afkdaa2.sys.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

afkdaa2.sys does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

afkdaa2.sys is not signed.

VirusTotal report

35 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the afkdaa2.sys file. That's a 83% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Backdoor/Win32.Agent
AntiVir TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Avast Win32:Agent-AHQZ [Trj]
AVG Generic17.JCO
BitDefender Backdoor.Agent.AAUA
Commtouch W32/Otlard.E
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.Generic.35969210
DrWeb BackDoor.Gootkit.23
Emsisoft Rootkit!IK
eSafe Win32.TRCrypt.XPACK
F-Prot W32/Otlard.E
F-Secure Backdoor.Agent.AAUA
Fortinet W32/Otlard!tr.rkit
GData Backdoor.Agent.AAUA
Ikarus Rootkit
Jiangmin Rootkit.Agent.ivw
K7AntiVirus Trojan
Kaspersky Rootkit.Win32.Agent.bivz
McAfee Artemis!D42F291F188B
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!D42F291F188B
Microsoft Trojan:WinNT/Otlard.B
NOD32 Win32/Otlard.I
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen2.AUCGF
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.138272.B
Panda Generic Trojan
PCTools Backdoor.Trojan
Sophos Troj/Otlard-B
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-FakeAlert
Symantec Backdoor.Trojan
TheHacker Trojan/Otlard.f
TotalDefense Win32/Otlard.O
TrendMicro TROJ_OTLARD.L
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_OTLARD.L
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
VirusBuster Rootkit.Agent!96sEmT1Ckxo
35 of the 42 anti-virus programs detected the afkdaa2.sys file.

afkdaa2.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove afkdaa2.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the afkdaa2.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that afkdaa2.sys has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate afkdaa2.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the afkdaa2.sys file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate afkdaa2.sys in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\afkdaa2.sys
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the afkdaa2.sys file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If afkdaa2.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If afkdaa2.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If afkdaa2.sys still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that afkdaa2.sys no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d42f291f188b40a62f460cda21124359
SHA2562d8b7bc51043dcbf7b577099741b29e3962d962948a4140f4cb66798a01072a3

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