What is nfapi.dll?

nfapi.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\0892CCEA-3029-46F2-BD98-F3177431F5F8\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected nfapi.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 [?]

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

Digital signatures [?]

nfapi.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

22 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the nfapi.dll file. That's a 31% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.NetFilter.A
ALYac Adware.NetFilter.A
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Adware.NetFilter.A
BitDefender Adware.NetFilter.A
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
DrWeb Tool.NetFilter.1
eGambit Generic.Adware
Emsisoft Adware.NetFilter.A (B)
FireEye Adware.NetFilter.A
GData Adware.NetFilter.A
Ikarus AdWare.SwiftBrowse
Jiangmin Adware.NetFilter.f
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
MAX malware (ai score=67)
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.NetFilter.A
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dtzwli
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.NetFilter/Variant
TotalDefense Win64/Tnega.aJVQCbC
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex Riskware.NetFilter!
22 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the nfapi.dll file.

nfapi.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove nfapi.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the nfapi.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that nfapi.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 nfapi.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the nfapi.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 nfapi.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\0892CCEA-3029-46F2-BD98-F3177431F5F8\nfapi.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the nfapi.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If nfapi.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If nfapi.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If nfapi.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 nfapi.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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Folder name variants

nfapi.dll may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\0892CCEA-3029-46F2-BD98-F3177431F5F8\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d18fa737a85c5377ddbe5c08e4a97ca4
SHA25641856406bcc8b50434d73f2b29f04692e6dea01b7669922de6ab4c02fcd90553

What will you do with nfapi.dll?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with nfapi.dll. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 40 users.

User vote results: There were 20 votes to remove and 20 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with nfapi.dll.

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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Russell E writes

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Bull Guard antivirus has quarantined nfapi.dll due to alleged infection. This is on my wife's machine which went dark during the Windows 10 upgrade. Trying to get that sorted out now.

# 8 Aug 2015, 15:45

Roger Karlsson writes

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Many of the anti-virus programs are now detecting the nfapi.dll file:

* ALYac Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150812
* Ad-Aware Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* Agnitum Riskware.NetFilter! 20150812
* Arcabit Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* BitDefender Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* DrWeb Tool.NetFilter.1 20150812
* ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe 20150812
* Emsisoft Adware.NetFilter.A (B) 20150812
* F-Secure Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* GData Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 ) 20150812
* K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 ) 20150812
* MicroWorld-eScan Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812
* NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dtzwli 20150812
* SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.NetFilter/Variant 20150812
* TotalDefense Win64/Tnega.aJVQCbC 20150812
* VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150812
*nProtect Adware.NetFilter.A 20150812

# 16 Aug 2015, 6:14

Ely writes

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Came along with SaferVPN when installed, so i kept it.

# 7 Apr 2019, 4:43

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Ely: I guess nfapi.dll can be used for both legitimate and malicious purposes.

# 25 Jun 2019, 2:05

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