February 25, 2011

AVG Antivirus 2011.

AVG Antivirus 2011 is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as AVG 8.
 


This computer infection is named and should not be confused with the legitimate anti-virus program called AVG Anti-virus. This rogue is promoted through web sites that pretend to be online anti-malware scanners, but are instead advertisements that when finished state your computer is infected. This fake scanner will then prompt you to download and install AVG Anti-Virus 2011 on to your computer in order to protect it. It should be noted that these fake online scanners are just an advertisement that have absolutely no way of knowing what is running on your computer. In fact they will show the same infection results to anyone who visits the page.





When AVG Anti-Virus 2011 is installed it will be configured to start automatically when Windows starts. Once started it will perform a scan on your computer and when finished state that it is infected with a variety of malware.

Location of the infection.

C:\Program Files\AVG Antivirus 2011\avg.exe

Removal of AVG Anti-Virus 2011.







Although it is possible to manually remove AVG Anti-Virus 2011, 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  malware and spyware removal applications.

Registry Entries to be removed. (Take a backup of registry, before editing it)
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A88246
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mon246
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\firefox.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\iexplore.exe
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AVG Antivirus 2011" = 'C:\Program Files\AVG Antivirus 2011\avg.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\safari.exe "Debugger" = 'iesafemode.exe -sb' 


After removing all these files, restart your computer and the issue will be fixed. And don’t forget to do update your Security Software, check the Firewall Settings and the Operating System and finally do a full system scan with the Security Software.

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