What is pftniv.exe?

pftniv.exe is usually located in the 'g:\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected pftniv.exe.

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VirusTotal report

47 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pftniv.exe file. That's a 85% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Win32/Kashu.E
ALYac	Worm.Sality.3.Gen
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Sality [Inf]
AVG	Win32:Sality [Inf]
Avira	W32/Sality.AT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.Sality.p
BitDefender	Win32.Sality.3
BitDefenderTheta	AI:FileInfector.A5ECCBAB0E
Bkav	W32.Sality.PE
CAT-QuickHeal	W32.Sality.U
Comodo	Virus.Win32.Sality.gen@1egj5j
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Cyren	W32/Sality.gen2
DrWeb	Win32.Sector.31
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft	Win32.Sality.3 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Sality
FireEye	Generic.mg.a2aa50f65285e609
Fortinet	W32/LPECrypt.A!tr
Jiangmin	Win32/HLLP.Kuku.poly2
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 001cddbb1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 001cddbb1 )
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.Sality.sil
Malwarebytes	Trojan.MalPack.Gen
MAX	malware (ai score=84)
MaxSecure	Trojan.LordPE
McAfee	W32/Sality.gen.z
Microsoft	Virus:Win32/Sality.AT
MicroWorld-eScan	Win32.Sality.3
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
Panda	W32/Sality.AK.drp
Sangfor	Virus_Suspicious.Win32.Sality.bh
Sophos	ML/PE-A + Troj/SalLoad-C
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-CDesc[Gen]
Symantec	W32.Sality!dr
TACHYON	Virus/W32.Sality.D
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.SalityStub.a
TrendMicro	PE_SALITY.RL-O
TrendMicro-HouseCall	PE_SALITY.RL-O
VBA32	Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
VIPRE	Virus.Win32.Sality.at (v)
VirIT	Win32.Sality.BH
ViRobot	Win32.Sality.N.Host
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!gQiCZ6kxGcc

pftniv.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove pftniv.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the pftniv.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that pftniv.exe 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 pftniv.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the pftniv.exe 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 pftniv.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   g:\pftniv.exe

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

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

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