subject: What is the AntiVira Av - How Do I Remove the AntiVira Av? [print this page] What is the AntiVira Av - How Do I Remove the AntiVira Av?
What is AntiVira Av virus?
AntiVira Av is a rogue anti-spyware program consisting of fake privacy scanner, registry cleaner and auto-run manager. Like most anti-spyware programs, AntiVira Av will display a fake system scan and show up a list of various fake results, in order to scare the users to buy its full version. This program also claims to be the most effective anti-spyware remover, which is able to detect and terminate all threats from the infected machine. However, AntiVira Av is actually a dangerous parasite that may take up system resources and crash your PC.
After installing onto PC system, AntiVira Av automatically runs system scan whenever Windows system startup. Then it floods the system with fake popped up alerts and messages. Once clicking on the link on the popup windows, you may be redirected to its purchase page.
AntiVira Av will also show a lot of alerts and notifications warning you about system errors and hardware failure. The alert may look like this:
Antivirus software alert
Infiltration alert
Your computer is being attacked by an Internet virus. It could be password-stealing attack, a trojan-dropper or similar.
Internet Explorer Warning visiting this web site may harm your computer!
Most likely causes:
- The website contains exploits that can launch a malicious code on your computer
- Suspicious network activity detected
- There might be an active spyware running on your computer
Security Warning
Application cannot be executed. The file notepad.exe is infected. Do you want to activate your antivirus software now.
How to remove AntiVira Av virus?
Now there are two methods for removal. Firstly you can use a trusted spyware removal tool or secondly you can remove it manually which may get a little tricky and isn't really recommended because the program may simply reinstall itself after you restart your PC, However here's the method below:
