How to remove A-Fast Antivirus?
What is A-Fast Antivirus?
A-Fast Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program that is promoted through the use of Trojans and other malware. The rogue program reports false threats and displays fake security warnings to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected with spyware, adware, Trojans and other malware. That’s not true. The only real infection is A-Fast Antivirus. The main goal of AFast Antivirus is to trick you into purchasing the program. In order to achieve its goals, the rogue program reports false infections and displays fake security alerts. The fake security alerts will state that A-FastAntivirus has detected keylogger on your computer or it may also state that your computer is under attack from a remote computer. Both warnings are false, you may safely ignore them. They ussually look like that:
Critical System Warning!
Your system is probably infected with a version of Trojan-Spy.HTML.Visafraud.a. This may result in website access passwords being stolen from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook etc. Click Yes to scan and remove threats (recommended).System warning!
Continue working in unprotected mode is very dangerous. Viruses can damage your confidential data and work on your computer. Click here to protect your computer.Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC. It’s highly recommended you scan your PC right now.
Your computer is infected! Windows detected spyware infection!
It is recommended to use special antispyware tools to prevent dataloss. Windows will now download and install the most up-to-date antispyware for you.
It goes without saying that you shouldn’t purchase A-Fast Antivirus. If you have already purchased it, then you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges as soon as possible. Then use an anti-malware program to remove A-Fast Antivirus from your computer.
When you start removing A-Fast Antivirus, reboot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking (just reboot the machine and before Windows is launched start hitting F8 button. You will see a table with this option). Then, login as a user, download Spyware Doctor anti-spyware and save it on your desktop. After installing and updating, run a full system scan with it and remove everything what was detected.
UPDATE to A-Fast Antivirus removal instructions:
You can try to register A-Fast ANtivirus using these keys.
B0B302F772
C197C46C46
B20C1467B7
041E4B235A
25CCCC7329
9926220EED
A58EC19D33
C15F2FF276
F61E370D62
DDAD6A7A2C
9F8122FE00
3754DD9DA6
3DC52EA100
EE73BBFFA6
7E61C9C7DF
EE34D2E8A7
AA61971AA1
9D2510E3E8
They will not stop infection, however you should be able to use legitimate antivirus remover like Spyware Doctor to disable A-Fast Antivirus for good.
A-Fast Antivirus is Extremely dangerous
A-Fast Antivirus is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program A-Fast Antivirus may spread via Trojans A-Fast Antivirus may display fake security messages A-Fast Antivirus may install additional spyware to your computer A-Fast Antivirus may repair its files, spread or update by itself A-Fast Antivirus violates your privacy and compromises your security
for A-Fast Antivirus detection
Note: Spyware Doctor trial provides detection of parasite like A-Fast Antivirus and assists in its removal for free. You can remove detected files, processes and registry entries yourself or purchase a full version.
A-Fast Antivirus screenshots
Manual A-Fast Antivirus removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove A-Fast Antivirus, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these A-Fast Antivirus processes:
Remove these A-Fast Antivirus Registry Entries:
Remove these A-Fast Antivirus files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other A-Fast Antivirus infected files and get help in A-Fast Antivirus removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing A-Fast Antivirus and similar threats.
A-Fast Antivirus is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only A-Fast Antivirus can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads A-Fast Antivirus trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, A-Fast Antivirus offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, A-Fast Antivirus does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.
Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as A-Fast Antivirus, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install A-Fast Antivirus, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as A-Fast Antivirus, is nearly impossible to remove manually.
