subject: What is "Personal Antivirus" and how to remove it? [print this page] What is "Personal Antivirus" and how to remove it?
Summary : Since the development of software and internet many system applications are getting affected by "personal antivirus" making files corrupted and making systems security system and task manager disabled.
What is Personal Antivirus? Blocking of many system applications by a fake security product is called as Personal antivirus. This also blocks system real security products what is known as Windows hosts file. With this users will be blocked to visit many web sites thus doesn't allow to make any security up dates. In such case Task manager is disabled. A message comes as the files infected with spyware. The goal of Personal Antivirus is to scare the user of the infected system / Pc and to make him/her to think of this software. Personal Antivirus configures and activated itself to run automatically each time, when you re-start your computer. Once running, the same will scan your PC / System and lists a large amount of infections.
Features of Personal Antivirus:
Automatically Changes browser settings
Shows commercial advertisements
Connects automatically to a internet site
How Did I Get Infected With Personal Antivirus? Personal Antivirus gets infected through the installation of fake video codec file when somebody tries watching a video online. The most common way of getting infected to personal antivirus is while downloading file from a website.
How to Remove Personal Antivirus? This virus can be removed by downloading software called Spyware Doctor with antivirus which can detect all fake infected files and delete it. This can be done by manual method or by auto method by purchasing a program for this. There is a professional site called www.onlinecomputerrepair.org which also can help to remove such viruses by sitting at your computer in a easiest way.
If you wish to manually remove Personal Antivirus, you'll need to eliminate all of the associated files and registry keys. Many users aren't capable of carefully removing all of the problem files, as deleting the wrong files or registry keys or leaving part of the program on your computer could cause further problems. If you wish to remove Personal Antivirus, a list of associated files and registry keys appears at the end of this article. If you've never worked with your computer's registry, though, it's better to choose the automatic removal method
