Antivirus Security Pro Virus Removal Instructions

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Antivirus Security Pro VirusRemoval InstructionsPublished on August 25, 2013

Antivirus Security Pro is an illegal antivirus program and should beremoved from Windo s users! computer as an emergency issue" Asa member of #ogue"WinWebSec family, Antivirus Security Pro ishighly infectious computer threat hich also can be categori$ed asscare are program" %t is engineered and published by advancedsoft are programmers ho e named cybercriminals to scam users!money" Antivirus Security Pro virus pretends to be legitimate P&security soft are and perform a virtual and meaningless scan forthe Windo s P&" A fe of minutes later, this rogue antivirusprogram displays bogus scan results hich is full of P& threat issuesto ma'e users believe that their computer has been infected byvariety of mal are, viruses, and (ro)an" *ear manifestation ill comeout on the people!s face in the most of cases hen they receivedsuch long list of P& threats generated by Antivirus Security Pro"+o ever, they ould be forced to purchase a license 'ey foractivating the full version of Antivirus Security Pro if they ant toremove the none istent security problems" Antivirus Security Pro

virus is designed to attac' all Windo s operating system andrecently -ilma(ech #esearch .ab has already found some casesoccurred under Windo s / system" Antivirus Security Pro virusspreads rapidly over the net or' and should be eliminated verysoon in order to decrease the number of victims"
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nce Antivirus Security Pro virus has been in)ected on a Windo scomputer it ould be configured to launch automatically from thesecond the operating system starts up" Without any permission ofthe P& administrator, Antivirus Security Pro ill scan the hole P&dis's and forbid users from stopping the scan process" P& users cannot do anything until the Antivirus Security Pro finishes thescanning" (his is typical rogue behavior of fa'e antivirus soft are"Antivirus Security Pro virus ill not only sho the fa'e threatnotifications but also ill terminate other legitimate applicationsrunning on the P& and report them as high ris'y programs" What!smore, Antivirus Security Pro virus ill disable the Windo s systemservices, including the Windo s (as' anager and #egistry ditor,and ill bloc' victims from running certain programs that could leadto its removal" Worst of all, this virus ill add malicious registryentries to the registry list and modify the system registry 'eysviciously" (his may provide hi)ac'ers ith access and vulnerabilitiesto the computer" nce victims decided to pay the money to theAntivirus Security Pro publishers, they ould get high rate of losingtheir financial information"


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Antivirus Security Pro ill automatically install on your computerhen you clic' on the malicious lin's from un trusted ebsite,

do nload free are from un'no n resource, open attachments frominfected email, visit high ris'y ebsite or proceed other illegal online

activities" 4ou ill never reali$e that Antivirus Security Pro virus hasbeen installed successfully on your computer" %t ould not as'

hether you ant to install it or not" %t can infect your machinethrough e ploit 'its that use vulnerabilities on your computer"

(he follo ing fa'e error message s6 appears for Antivirus SecurityPro7

8Warning9 %nfected file detected.ocation7 *ile SystemSuspiciousactivity detected in the application notepad"e e to the behavior ofthe virus Win32:&onfic'er";" *or your security and to avoid loss ofdata, the operation of application cmd"e e has been temporarilyrestricted"

Warning9 %nfected file detected"We strongly recommend activatingfull edition of your antivirus soft are for repairing threats"Warning9 ?25>


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ports mounted on each computer" While in fact, fe of them areused to accomplish common tas'" %t is the rest of available portsthat give Antivirus Security Pro chances to alleviate installations ofadditional infections for large amount of money hich is the

ultimate goal of the fa'e anti virus program" @ue to the loopholescoupled ith modifications in database as depicted in the precedingsection, a target computer becomes vulnerable to the e tent to besusceptible to various infections" (roubles ill then be seen oneafter another7

1" ore )un's as ell as strange files: folders are mounted ontothe target machine"

2" Pop up advertisements might increase in fre uency to ruinsurfing e perience"

3" ore threats notifications ill be given out by another genuineanti virus program"

B" Search results may very ell be redirected to vicious sites"

What!s orthy of further attention is that Antivirus Security Promight give rise to inaccessibility to Safe ode or even CS @ bluescreen of death6, though the chance can be slim" At all events, it israther to remove Antivirus Security Pro before it implements moreharms to the target computer than removing it hen the P&

condition has gone severe"

Best Way to Remove Antivirus Security

Pro

As mentioned above that Antivirus Security Pro is one of thevariations of #ogue"WinWebSec hich is a (ro)an" Such (ro)an

features itself ith the capability of binding its malicious codes tosystematic items that load payloads and information about build inservices" As a conse uence, Antivirus Security Pro cannot beremoved by other anti virus programs" (o thin' it in another ay,Antivirus Security Pro successfully affects the target computerprotected by installed anti virus programs, hich indicates that antivirus programs are not able to remove it"

(herefore, manual method is recommended to be employed in theremoval of Antivirus Security Pro to prevent from its re emergenceafter the accomplishment of the steps given above" ne thing to


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hich attention should be paid is that computer technology is inneed to perform the removal" Cut nothing to be orried for theshortage of P& technology since professional help is al ays put onstandby from VilmaTech Online Support "

o! to Remove Antivirus Security Pro

Virus

Step One" Reboot #our Computer$ Press%&'% on the(eyboard be)ore the Windo!s system has been launched$

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1" +old the Shift button and mash the */ 'ey" &hoose the 8Seeadvanced repair options"=

2" &lic' on the (roubleshoot option"


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3" Select Advanced ptions"

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5" *inally hit the #estart button to reboot your P&"

>" When your P& reboots you ill be able to boot into Safe odefrom the familiar loo'ing Advanced Coot ptions screen"


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Step T!o" Select the *Sa)e +ode !ith Net!or(in,%

%f you are using Windo s ;P, -ista or D in the Advanced Cootptions screen, use the arro 'eys to highlight Safe ode ith


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Windo!s Tas( +ana,er$

%f it didn!t or', try another ay by pressing the Start button andclic' on the #un option" (his ill start the #un tool" (ype tas'mgr inthe blan' and press E" (his can help you open the (as' anager"


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%f you are using Windo s /, you also can open the (as' anagerith the traditional ays"


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+ere you ill see the bac'ground processes of Windo s /

Step &our" Clic( on Processes tab$ &ind the process by thename o) random$e3e$ Then scroll the list to )ind re4uiredprocesses$ Select it !ith your mouse or arro! (eys on the(eyboard and clic( on 0nd Process button$ Step &ive" Clic( *Start% menu 5 *Control Panel%$ Search out


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the *&older Options% and sho! hidden )iles in this area$

*ollo the steps to see hidden files on Windo s /7

1" pen Windo s plorer7?*rom @es'top ode7 pen y &omputer or any folder or?*rom Windo s / Start Screen7 &lic' on Windo s plorer app"2"*rom Windo s plorer ino , clic' on the -ie tab" A ribbon ithnumerous options ill appear"3"&hec' mar' the 8*ile name e tensions= and 8+idden items=options"


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(he above mentioned registry ensures that, the virus registers itselfith the compromised system and e ecutes itself upon every boot"

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add ons: e tensions and virusL therefore, no visit to un'no nebsites"

-irus can start its infiltration through instant messagesL so donot accept suspicious files and give priority to Security .evel

of instant chat tools" -irus li'e Antivirus Security Pro ill piggybac' on free are:

share areL thus it is suggested not to do nload and installfree are: share are to the great e tent"

(here have been cases that counterfeit update messagesincurs installations of virus, including Antivirus Security ProLhence, update should be performed by accessing official ebsites rather than random messages pop up from no here"

Priority should al ays go to custom installation to avoidautomatic installation of third party programs"

@is' partition is recommended to employ so that third partyprograms can be placed in other dis's rather than & dis'"

Apart from good PC practice, secure coefficient of web should alsobe enhanced. Follow the steps below to make modifications onsome parts that have been found to be commonly exploited byvirus

@isable banner that sho s hat is actually running on a targetcomputer" @isable ServerSignature and Server(o'ens functions" @isable @irectory inde by opening up terminal before

e ecuting the follo ing commands7 16 rm f:etc:apache2:mods enabled:autoinde "loadL 26 rm f:etc:apache2:mods enabled:autoinde "conf"

@isable Web@A- to guarantee that potential attac'ers cannotmodify files to upload vicious codes by deleting dav, davFfsand davFloc' files on terminal through commands7 16 rm f:etc:apache2:mods enabled:dav"loadL 26 rm f:etc:apache2:mods enabled:davFfs"confL 36 rm f:etc:apache2:mods enabled:davFfs"loadL B6 rm f:etc:apache2:mods enabled:davFloc'"load"

(urn off re uest from (#A& +((P to prevent onlineconversation from being hi)ac'ed by navigating the terminalto :etc:apache2:apache2"conf"

#emedy vulnerability on %%S %nternet %nformation Services6" %mpose restrictions on Apache +((P Server to prevent virus

li'e Antivirus Security Pro from reading all information storedon the target machine"


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03tra Tips"

%f you are not confident of deleting the malicious registry 'eys andfiles hidden in the Windo s system folder, or if you have any

uestions or doubt at any point, S( P and as' for -ilma(echassistance" &yber criminals ill al ays change and update themalicious codes in order to ma'e this program become more andmore complicated and it ould be very difficult for users to removeit by the normal means" %f you fail to remove Antivirus SecurityPro ith the instructions, you can contact -ilma(ech online supportand have online chat ith them"

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