How to remove Expert Antivirus?
What is Expert Antivirus?
Expert Antivirus one of many rogue anti-spyware threats to surface the Web in late February 2008. It is a clone of such notorious rogues as SpyFalcon, SpySheriff and SpywareQuake. It can be installed without the user’s knowledge by a downloader trojan that exploits a flaw in Windows.
Expert Antivirus acts like a normal antispyware program, though has several features make it less than wanted in your system. At first, it displays a blinking icon in the system tray that shows an alert message which looks similar to windows messages. If you happen to click it, Expert Antivirus will start up and offer you a "free" spyware scan that will display an exaggerated report full of non-existent threats after it is complete. However, if you want to get rod of these bogus threats, you have to buy the "full" Expert Antivirus version, which features a sole difference from the trial: it no longer shows you’re infected. Some trade-off, we must say.
In any case, DO NOT trust, download or purchase Expert Antivirus under any circumstances, unless you fancy being royally scammed.
Expert Antivirus is Extremely dangerous
Expert Antivirus is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program Expert Antivirus may spread via Trojans Expert Antivirus may display fake security messages Expert Antivirus may install additional spyware to your computer Expert Antivirus may repair its files, spread or update by itself Expert Antivirus violates your privacy and compromises your security
Manual Expert Antivirus removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Expert 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 automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Expert 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 Expert Antivirus can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Expert Antivirus trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Expert Antivirus offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Expert 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 Expert 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 Expert Antivirus, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Expert Antivirus, is nearly impossible to remove manually.
