Home > Rogue Anti-Spyware > Anti Virus Armor

How to remove Anti Virus Armor?

June 1st, 2010

What is Anti Virus Armor?

Anti Virus Armor is a fake anti-spyware application from malicious “Marketflip Technologies”, which has perfectly designed its product for convincing people that they have numbers of viruses inside their PCs. To do that Anti-Virus Armor 2010 imitates scanning the PC for malware and then displays continuous system security notifications claiming that there have been security issues detected. It must be said that all its notifications look quite trustworthy. In fact, the main reason of this activity is to rip people off because for the removal they will be asked to get “commercial” version of Anti Virus Armor.

At first, badware propagates itself through backdoor trojans or via browser hijacking techniques without any notification of a user. Actually, when it becomes active, it presents itself as a system optimization tool that cleans the registry, customizes the Operating System and increases PC performance. Too bad none of the above is true. When inside the compromised computer, virus configures the system to run its unregistered version each time the PC starts. Consequently, since AntiVirusArmor intrusion you will keep getting unwanted interruptions including fake alerts, bogus security scanners and, of course, the slow computer problem. It is known to deteriorate most of the system performance parameters, so with its help computer will start acting up.

The main reason of inventing Anti Virus Armor and other rogues is to push unsuspecting victims into installing the commercial version after they purchase the license. Well, it is important to remember that purchasing Anti Virus Armor is not a reasonable thing to do if you care about your PC. Besides, this malware may open insecure internet connections and let other threats inside. Please make sure that you have your legitimate anti-spyware program updated and delete Anti Virus Armor. For the removal of Antivirus Amor 2010, please use our free removal guide given below.

NOTE: Anti-Virus Armor 2010 may disable your Internet Explorer browser. If you notice some problems when downloading automatic removal tool from this website, please try installing and opening Firefox or Chore browsers.


Anti Virus Armor is Extremely dangerous

arrow Anti Virus Armor is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
arrow Anti Virus Armor may spread via Trojans
arrow Anti Virus Armor may display fake security messages
arrow Anti Virus Armor may install additional spyware to your computer
arrow Anti Virus Armor may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow Anti Virus Armor violates your privacy and compromises your security
Download Spyware Doctor
for Anti Virus Armor detection

Note: Spyware Doctor trial provides detection of parasite like Anti Virus Armor and assists in its removal for free. You can remove detected files, processes and registry entries yourself or purchase a full version.



Anti Virus Armor screenshots


antivirusarmor

Manual Anti Virus Armor removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Anti Virus Armor, 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 Anti Virus Armor processes:
Disable these Anti Virus Armor DLL files::
Remove these Anti Virus Armor Registry Entries:
Remove these Anti Virus Armor files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other Anti Virus Armor infected files and get help in Anti Virus Armor removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing Anti Virus Armor and similar threats.

Anti Virus Armor 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 Anti Virus Armor can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Anti Virus Armor trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Anti Virus Armor offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Anti Virus Armor 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 Anti Virus Armor, 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 Anti Virus Armor, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Anti Virus Armor, is nearly impossible to remove manually.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Rogue Anti-Spyware such as Anti Virus Armor?

Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Rogue Anti-Spyware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Rogue Anti-Spyware.
Changed or new icons: Sometimes, Rogue Anti-Spyware installs unwanted software to a victim’s PC without user’s knowledge and consent. This may lead to slower PC performance and stability, as well as more unwanted programs you can't remove.

Rogue Anti-Spyware ,

  1. No comments yet.
  1. No trackbacks yet.