Antivirus Protection trial virus – how to get rid manually

April 6, 2011 By

“Antivirus Protection” is itself a virus which claims to be a powerful Antivirus Software. This bogus tool belongs to rogue spywares spread hugely with different names and clones. AntivirusProtection offers many virus scan and remove services which it could not perform in real. The aim of Antivirus Protection is to trick more and more users into buying full version of this fake security product to get rid of viruses and spywares. As we know, Antivirus Protection is a scam-ware designed by rogue programmers and hackers to earn money, Antivirus Protection is totally fake and useless and it dose not fix your computer problems even if you buy its license. So i think theres nothing good left to pay for “Antivirus Protection” software.
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One more thing, to convince you that your system is in danger and you need security that Antivirus Protection will provide, this virus will run a fake antivirus scan utility and it will display some fake results telling you about virus detections. To scare you of viruses, it may display fake warnings and alerts like this one:

Virus Alert!
Application can’t be started!
The file notepad.exe is damaged.
Do you want to activate your antivirus software now?

Remember! All these warnings, alerts and virus removal offers made by Antivirus Protection virus are fake. This program is totally a fake software and it is specially designed to extort your money by selling its fake security products. You should ignore these warnings, avoid purchase of this program, avoid clicking any link within its popups and do not install any component of it promoted. All you have to do is to immediately remove it from your computer upon detection.

How to remove Antivirus Protection virus manually:

To remove this virus manually, complete the following set of tasks. Do not forget to create a backup before getting started to the manual removal guide.

Stop Antivirus Protection processes:
[random].exe

Remove Antivirus Protection Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = ”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = ’127.0.0.1:33554?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = ‘.exe’
KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’

Remove Antivirus Protection files:
%Temp%\[random]\
%Temp%\[random]\[random].exe

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Fake Antivirus8 or AV8.exe removal guide

November 15, 2010 By

Antivirus 8 or AV8.exe is a fake rogue antispyware virus that appears to be a computer security tool but this claim is a lie. The Antivirus8 program is itself a malicious software (malware). Iit is fraudulen programt as it is desgined to take money for services that do not exist.

Antivirus8 is just a clone of a virus remover.  It is not able to detect viruses or deal with them. Antivirus 8 is only capable of generating fabricated infection alerts and scan reports. None of the viruses and errors reported by Anti-Virus 8 is real; the malware displays counterfeit warning in order to scare people into purchasing the program. Do not waste your money for a license of Antivirus 8! The scammers will gladly take your money, but you won’t get any functional program for that. What you really get is pop-ups loading malware.

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Antivirus8 fake av8 exe virus

November 9, 2010 By

How to remove fake antivirus 8 VIRUS Antivirus 8 is a rogue security program from the same family as Antivir 2010. It’s promoted mostly through the use of Trojans, fake online anti-malware scanners and misleading social engineering methods. Once installed, it will supposedly scan your computer for viruses and display numerous infections, mostly spyware, adware, Trojans and other malware. As a typical rogue program it will prompt you to pay for a full version of the program to remove supposedly found malware from your computer. If Antivirus8 has infected your computer you should remove it as soon as possible. It’s a scam, so don’t purchase it. Instead, please use the removal instructions below to remove Antivirus8 from your computer either manually or with an automatic removal tool. While Antivirus 8 is running, it will constantly display fake security alerts and weird pop-ups about non-existent infections in your computer. The main goal of this fake antivirus program is to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected. These fake security alerts will pop up like every two or five minutes and will claim that your computer is under attack or baldy infected with Trojans and other malware that can even steal your passwords and other sensitive information. This copy of AV is not genuine Your may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Antivirus8 is not genuine and is not eligible to receive the full range of upgrades and product support from Microsoft.Warning! Active virus detected! Threat detected: Keylogger.iSnake.PRO Infected file: C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exeWarning! Identity theft attampt detected! Attacker IP: Attack Target: Microsoft Corp. Keys Description: Remote host tries to get access to your personal information. Antivirus8 manual removal: How to manually remove Antivirus8. Kill processes: av8.exe Delete registry values: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A88246 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinFD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “AV8″ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform “WinNT-A8I 23.09.2010″ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe “Debugger” = “C:\Program Files\AV8\av8.exe -d” Delete files: av8.exe Antivirus8.lnk Uninstall.lnk Delete directories: C:\Program Files\AV8\ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV8\

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