How to remove Antivirus Plus ?

October 25th, 2008
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What is Antivirus Plus?

Antivirus Plus is another rogue pretending being Microsoft's recommended anti-malware tool. The trojan tries to mask the website in the hosts files, pretending it is legitimate microsoft website. A clear sign of AntiVirus Plus+ is entry like this in the HOSTS file : 66.249.93.104 security.microsoft.com This entry should be removed once noticed. These fake Antivirus Plus alerts are provided by trojan installers coming through peer-2-peer networks, infected websites and bundled shareware products like Video codecs. Once free version of the AntiVirusPlus is installed and run, you will be informed about various spywares and trojans in your PC that no real security expert ever seen. They are all fakes! After scanning they ask to pay for "full" version of the software which "can remove" the parasites. After paying to them, you will never hear about them again and wont get any software. At least no useful one. Sometimes they just use credit card details couple more times to make a bigger hole in your pockets in these difficult times. You should not believe owners of this scumware and remove AntiVirus Plus from your PC as fast as possible instead. The reason for this is that such software might create backdoors for real parasites, that might use your PC to send spam, show other popups or try to get credit card infos and send them to criminals. Block antivirus-plus.org using your HOSTS file.

Antivirus Plus is Extremely dangerous

arrow Antivirus Plus is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
arrow Antivirus Plus may spread via Trojans
arrow Antivirus Plus may display fake security messages
arrow Antivirus Plus may install additional spyware to your computer
arrow Antivirus Plus may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow Antivirus Plus violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual Antivirus Plus removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Antivirus Plus, 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 automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these Antivirus Plus processes:
Remove these Antivirus Plus Registry files:
Remove these Antivirus Plus files:
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Antivirus Plus 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 Antivirus Plus can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Antivirus Plus trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Antivirus Plus offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Antivirus Plus not only does not fix the errors, but it takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus Plus, 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 Antivirus Plus, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

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


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

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.

2 Responses to “Antivirus Plus”

  1. shay Says:
    December 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 am Thanks for this information. I have started a volunteer Tech support to help people and I was able to use this information to remove the malware. Thanks again Shay
  2. Shan (yeah I know get over it) Says:
    December 30th, 2008 at 5:47 am My roommate is having a hell of a time with her computer, and I am the one who gets to fix it. I love your site. It has made things so much easier for me. Keep on rockin’

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