How to remove Antivirus Sentry ?

October 28th, 2008
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What is Antivirus Sentry?

Antivirus Sentry is another product from creators of MS Antivirus 2008. In fact, both of these programs are malicious and they are almost identical.

Antivirus Sentry works really hard to prove that it is a legitimate anti-virus. Antivirussentry.com is the main distribution center of this malware. The website uses the same design you can see on many other malicious internet pages; however, if you see such a website for the first time, you can easily take it as a reputable security center. Antivirussentry.com presents refund policy and praises the Antivirus Sentry as award winning software. There’s even address of creators given which is really rare on fraudulent websites. The company behind this is Innovagest 2000; it’s responsible for XP Antivirus, Pest Trap and many other frauds. Visitors shouldn’t trust the promises to get a refund.

AntivirusSentry loads falsified security reports and imitates system scan. Each pop-up demands paying either $34.95 or $49.95 or $119.95 for using the software. Antivirus Sentry doesn’t function as anti-virus. It halts a computer, crashes regular applications and interrupts web browsing.

Antivirus Sentry is Extremely dangerous

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

Manual Antivirus Sentry removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Antivirus Sentry, 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 Sentry processes:
Remove these Antivirus Sentry Registry files:
Remove these Antivirus Sentry files:

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

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


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

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.

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