Help with VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore

[sebastian_display_name]

So I've been getting these Windows Security notifications that tell me that I have this malware called "VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore", but every time I remove it, it always comes back. I've read a different thread about this, and there was a solution to open up cmd, run it as administrator, and type REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware, but it always says "The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value". Can anyone help out? I'm on Windows 10, 64 bit if that helps.

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