What is ntknsv.sys?

ntknsv.sys is digitally signed by eGlobe Ltd.

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ntknsv.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.

VirusTotal report

37 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ntknsv.sys file. That's a 54% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.22939708
ALYac	Trojan.Generic.22939708
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Adject
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D15E083C
Avira	TR/Agent.eulhd
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.22939708
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Adject
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cyren	W64/Trojan.RLRX-7062
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.22939708 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win64/Agent.KK
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.22939708
GData	Trojan.Generic.22939708
Ikarus	PUA.Chengdu
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Trojan.Adject.ax
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 0052f3ce1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 0052f3ce1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Adject.gen
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	Artemis!93C2F72C4822
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Microsoft	Trojan:Win64/Genbhv
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.22939708
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.9ec
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Adject.Hufi
TrendMicro	TROJ64_ADJECT.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ64_ADJECT.A
VBA32	Trojan.Adject
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Agent.126880.A
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Zillya	Trojan.Agent.Win64.2177
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Adject.gen

ntknsv.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ntknsv.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ntknsv.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ntknsv.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate ntknsv.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ntknsv.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 ntknsv.sys in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ntknsv.sys

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ntknsv.sys file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ntknsv.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ntknsv.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If ntknsv.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 ntknsv.sys no longer appear in the scan result.

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