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BTR.sys: Microsoft Defender’s Boot-Time Removal Tool Driver

August 21, 2026

BTR.sys is a legitimate signed driver used by Microsoft Defender to remove malware after a reboot. It is embedded in MpEngine.dll and can be abused to perform arbitrary kernel-level file and registry operations, as demonstrated by Check Point Research.