How to remove Check-AntiVir-Tool.net ?

November 19th, 2008
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What is Check-AntiVir-Tool.net?

Check-AntiVir-Tool.net is yet another browser hijacker designed to promote WinSpywareProtect fraud. It is a clone of Av-antivir-scanner-3.net, Av-check-online-scan.com and AVG-Online-Scanner.com hijackers.

Check-AntiVir-Tool.net redirects web browser to check-antivir-tool.net website that appears to be online virus scanner. The website imitates computer scan and reports various infections: New.NetDomain.Plugin Spyware, QQPass I Password Capture, Matcash BG Trojan high, SillyDI Spyware high and several others. It also displays explicit nudity pictures supposedly taken from visitor’s computer. Check-AntiVir-Tool.net offers fixing all the problems with WinSpywareProtect software. All the infections reported by Check-AntiVir-Tool.net are fake. The main purpose of both the website and the browser hijacker is making people buy WinSpywareProtect as it was a security tool. Those who agree to pay for Win Spyware Protect, soon find out that it is nonfunctional.

Do not trust check-antivir-tool.net website and remove browser hijacker as soon as possible.

Check-AntiVir-Tool.net is Threat

arrow Check-AntiVir-Tool.net is a parasitic Browser Hijacker
arrow Check-AntiVir-Tool.net may show numerous annoying advertisements
arrow Check-AntiVir-Tool.net logs your internet browsing history
arrow Check-AntiVir-Tool.net will replace (hijack) your browser homepage
arrow Check-AntiVir-Tool.net may spread additional spyware
arrow Check-AntiVir-Tool.net violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual Check-AntiVir-Tool.net removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Check-AntiVir-Tool.net, 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 Check-AntiVir-Tool.net processes:
Remove these Check-AntiVir-Tool.net files:
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Check-AntiVir-Tool.net is classified as a Browser Hijacker, which means its parasitic damage payload consists of hijacking your browser homepage, error page, or search page with its own, mostly a commercial site of its creators, forcing you to accumulate force hits to a particular website to make it more popular or by using pay-per-click sites to earn money.

The easiest way for a Browser Hijacker such as Check-AntiVir-Tool.net to infect your computer is to exploit certain ActiveX controls and other security holes in your Internet Explorer browser. By browsing insecure websites on the internet, users may encounter various pop-ups, which secretly install Browser Hijackers like Check-AntiVir-Tool.net on your computer once clicked upon.

As soon as Check-AntiVir-Tool.net completes its operations, the overall browser stability and performance severely degrade, making it nearly impossible to surf the web normally.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Browser Hijacker such as Check-AntiVir-Tool.net?

Slow internet connection: Browser Helper Objects are constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive ads and pop-ups from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and overall connection instability.
Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Browser Hijacker 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 Browser Hijackers.

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