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How to remove Secure Antivirus Pro?

May 18th, 2009

What is Secure Antivirus Pro?

Secure Antivirus Pro is a generic rogue anti-spyware program – a fake spyware remover, which uses the Zlob trojan to enter the system. This parasite uses illicit advertising to trick users into purchasing it’s “licensed version”, which is no more functional than the trial.

Upon entering the system, Secure Antivirus Pro will flood the user with popups and fake system notifications, supposedly to inform him of an infection or multiple infections present on the system. While this information may be correct, Secure Antivirus Pro has neither the ability to detect nor remove these threats and should therefore be ignored. One of the popups displayed by Secure Antivirus Pro claims:

“It seems that your computer is infected with W32:Virut virus. This threat has been designed to steal money, Internet accounts, send massive amounts of spam, and commit various kinds of fraud. It is recommended that you remove this threat immediately to avoid participating in criminal activity. Do you want to remove Virut now?”

Much like any other rogue, Secure Antivirus Pro will perform fake system scans, which produce greatly exaggerated results. It may also hijack the browser and significantly decrease system performance.

Secure Antivirus Pro is a scam and should be treated as such: do NOT download or buy it and block it’s homepage using your HOSTS file.


Secure Antivirus Pro is Extremely dangerous

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

Note: Spyhunter trial provides detection of parasite like Secure Antivirus Pro and assists in its removal for free. You can remove detected files, processes and registry entries yourself or purchase a full version.



Secure Antivirus Pro screenshots


Secure Antivirus Pro screenshot

Manual Secure Antivirus Pro removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Secure Antivirus Pro, 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 Spyhunter or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these Secure Antivirus Pro processes:
Remove these Secure Antivirus Pro files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other Secure Antivirus Pro infected files and get help in Secure Antivirus Pro removal by using free Spyhunter scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing Secure Antivirus Pro and similar threats.

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

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


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

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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