Antivirus Monitor is a new fake antivirus program which infects your computer and tries to force you into buying it. Antivirus Monitor 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 Antivirus Monitor. Here you can find Antivirus Monitor removal instructions.
Typical Symptomsexperienced on computers infected with Antivirus Monitor are:
When you try to access Task Manager, you receive an error message "Failure to display security and shut down options"
Antivirus Monitor opens up their payment page (softwaream.comamong several others)
When you try to access a website, you receive a message "Internet Explorer Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!"
Antivirus Monitor does not come with an un-installer since it is actually a trojan. Antivirus Monitor 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 Antivirus Monitor, 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 Antivirus Monitor. Update your existing anti-virus program and run a full system scan to remove Antivirus Monitor.
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 Antivirus Monitor' blocking abilities and remove it.
