What is atstys.dll?

atstys.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected atstys.dll.

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 [?]

atstys.dll does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

atstys.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

23 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the atstys.dll file. That's a 37% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Proxy.MVA
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win32.Generic.C1845986
Arcabit Trojan.Proxy.MVA
AVG Proxy.BUCS
Avira TR/ATRAPS.Gen4
Baidu Win32.Trojan-Proxy.Agent.h
BitDefender Trojan.Proxy.MVA
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (D)
DrWeb Trojan.Proxy2.634
Emsisoft Trojan.Proxy.MVA (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/TrojanProxy.Agent.OAL
F-Secure Trojan.Proxy.MVA
Fortinet W32/Agent.OAV!tr
GData Trojan.Proxy.MVA
Invincea trojanproxy.win32.bunitu.k
Malwarebytes Trojan.ProxyAgent
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Proxy.MVA
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM40.1.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising Malware.Generic.2!tfe (thunder:2:eONVpsJKuKM)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
23 of the 62 anti-virus programs detected the atstys.dll file.

atstys.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove atstys.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the atstys.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that atstys.dll 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 atstys.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the atstys.dll 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 atstys.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\atstys.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the atstys.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If atstys.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If atstys.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If atstys.dll 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 atstys.dll 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
MD59f71bf2c3367f99f4b557b0091acb2ce
SHA25696466184d109ea64bfcf30a57d88a97ea08c5b3af17e534a3aba9e9326464610

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to atstys.dll:

RUNDLL - Error loading c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\atstys.dll. The specified module could not be found.

RunDLL - There was a problem starting c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\atstys.dll. The specified module could not be found.

What will you do with atstys.dll?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with atstys.dll:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with atstys.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
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Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with atstys.dll. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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