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Remove Antivirus Soft. Description and removal instructions
| Title: Antivirus Soft | Also known as: AntivirusSoft, Anti-virus Soft | |
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Type: Spyware |
Severity scale: (71 / 100) |
Antivirus Soft is a rogue anti-virus program that gives false reports of threats and displays bogus pop-ups to make you think that your computer is infected with malware. This fake program is a clone of Antivirus Live and Antivirus System PRO malware. Usually, such rogue programs come from various misleading websites, fake online scanners, but it can be also promoted in Facebook, MySpace and similar websites. Once installed, it will ostensibly scan your computer for malware and display a variety of infections that can be only removed with a full version of the program. However, don’t buy it. Keep in mind that the scan results are absolutely false. This is nothing more but a scam. Please remove Antivirus Soft from your computer as soon as possible. Use the removal guide below.
When running, Anti-virus Soft will also display many fake security alerts and notifications. For example, you may see fake pop-ups with the following text:
Windows reports that computer is infected. Antivirus software
helps to protect your computer against viruses and other
security threats. Click here for the scan your computer. Your
system might be at risk now.
And there is also an error message that states “Application can not be executed”. This one will be displayed every time you try to launch an anti-spyware or anti-virus software. What is more, Antivirus Soft will change Internet Explorer’s settings. A proxy server will be added under the LAN settings, so that you cannot browse to any web site other than the site for Antivirus Soft. As you can see, this virus is quite irritating. Unfortunately, it can’t be removed as a regular program. It won’t let you to remove its files manually either. The removal guide below will show you how to get rid of Antivirus Soft from the system once and for all.
Antivirus Soft removal instructions
1. Restart your computer. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap “F8” key constantly. Use the arrow keys to highlight the “Safe Mode with Networking” option as shown in the image below, and then press ENTER.
2. Open Internet Explorer. Click on the Tools menu and then select Internet Options.
3. In the the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab. Then click on the LAN settings button.
4. Now you will see Local Area Network (LAN) settings window. Uncheck the checkbox labeled Use a proxy server for your LAN under the Proxy Server section and press OK.
5. Download an automatic removal tool from this page and run a full system scan. Or download it form alternative location.
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Related files: [RANDOM CHARACTERS]sysguard.exe, Windows XP:, Windows Vista and Windows 7:, [RANDOM CHARACTERS]sftav.exe
Antivirus Soft properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background
Automatic Antivirus Soft removal:
Antivirus Soft manual removal:
Kill processes:
[RANDOM CHARACTERS]sysguard.exe, for example ghrtsysguard.exe [RANDOM CHARACTERS]sftav.exe
how to kill malicious processes
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ” “
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ” “
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = “1”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:5555”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = “1”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
how to remove registry entries
Delete files:
Windows XP: %UserProfile%\ocal settings\\application data\\ \\[random characters]sysguard.exe windows vista and windows 7: %userprofile%\\appdata\ocal\\ \\[random characters]sysguard.exe %userprofile%\\appdata\ocal\\ \\[random characters]sftav.exe
how to remove harmful files
Delete directories:
%UserProfile%ocal settings\application data\[random characters]\ (win xp)
%UserProfile%\AppDataocal\ \ (win vista & 7)