subject: Remove Advanced Spyware Detector - Quickly Remove Advanced Spyware Detector From Your Computer! [print this page] Remove Advanced Spyware Detector - Quickly Remove Advanced Spyware Detector From Your Computer!
Advanced Spyware Detector is a new fake antivirus program which infects your computer and tries to force you into buying it. Advanced Spyware Detector pretends to scan your computer and reports several virus infections. If you accept to fix the alleged problems, you get directed to buy the full version of Advanced Spyware Detector. Here you can find Advanced Spyware Detector removal instructions.
Typical Symptoms experienced on computers infected with Advanced Spyware Detector are:
When you try to access Task Manager, you receive an error message "Failure to display security and shut down options"
Advanced Spyware Detector opens up their payment page (softwaream.com among several others)
When you try to access a website, you receive a message "Internet Explorer Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!"
Advanced Spyware Detector does not come with an un-installer since it is actually a trojan. Advanced Spyware Detector can block and disable your programs including your anti-virus, in order to make it that much harder for you to remove it. In order to remove Advanced Spyware Detector, you need to work around its blocking ability as follows:
In Windows, click on Start and select Run. Type 'shell:local appdata' without the quotes. This will open your Local Application Data folder.
Double-click on the 'Temp' folder to open it.
Inside the Temp folder, locate a randomly named folder, example gthnbyeqt. Double-click it to open it. If it only contains one oddly named file (example dotbykojfdi.exe), this means that you have found the right folder.
Right-click the file and choose 'delete'.
Bookmark this page, you may need to refer back to it after computer restart (see next step).
After you successfully delete the above file, restart your computer.
Once you are able to delete the above file and restart your computer, you should be able to run your own anti-virus program to remove Advanced Spyware Detector. Update your existing anti-virus program and run a full system scan to remove Advanced Spyware Detector.
If your anti-virus in unable to pick up the infection, or if you have any trouble with the above steps, you can download this tool which can work around Advanced Spyware Detector' blocking abilities and remove it.
