Windows 10 Threat detected: VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore

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the capitan

Good evening.

Today I did a scan with Microsoft Security Scanner and it found this virus and removed it.


Threat detected: VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore

regkeyvalue://hklm\software\microsoft\windows defender\\DisableAntiSpyware

SigSeq: 0x0000055555C57273



Then I've done another scan with microsoft safety scanner, another with malwarebytes and another with kaspersky.

They haven't found anything.


I read here the description of the virus and it seems a false positive, linked with windows defender :

VirTool:Win32/DefenderTamperingRestore threat description - Microsoft Security Intelligence

If someone has experience with this threat can confirm that is a false positive or a real virus ?

And if it's a real virus, or I have to do something else ?

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