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Lost Access to Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows Defender

ZeroAccess - ReparsePoints

When you try to open Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows Defender and you got the message “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.” then your computer is probably infected with the new variant of the ZeroAccess rootkit. This rootkit wil change the “symlinks” Junction reparse point of Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows Defender. In the most cases… Read More »

Microsoft Security Essentials – Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file.

Microsoft Security Essentials - Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file.

When you try to open Microsoft Security Essentials and you got the message “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file.  You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.” then your computer is probably infected with the ZeroAccess rootkit. The new variants of this rootkit will alters the junction points for Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender.  Causing either program not to be able to be accessed,… Read More »