How To Remove AV Security Suite – Removal Instructions
Posted by admin on Wednesday Jun 30, 2010 Under Spyware RemoversWhat is AV Security Suite ?
AV Security Suite is a fake antivirus software which is designed to deceive naive computer users and scam their pockets. It is scareware as well as a ransomware program and its main purpose is threatening the user to purchase the program. It will get downloaded automatically on your computer and start scanning the hard drive. Then It will show you some fake infections and scare you in such a way that you purchase the program and pay money to these criminals.
This software is so notorious that It will configure itself to load automatically on startup and there is no way you can close it once it is running in your computer. It will show you fake infections and not let you remove those infections until you purchase the program. These fake results will scare you like never before and you may pull your credit card too early before even investigating about the software. Obviously, you should not purchase this software as your money is going into drain and If you have already paid for it, please call your credit card company and stop the payment. Here is a screenshot of this program :
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How AV Security Suite Harms Your Computer ?
It is extremely important that you don’t visit unsafe websites and download content from suspicious sources. Such threats are often bundled in suspicious downloads and its like installing the virus yourself. These scammers also take advantage of operating system vulnerabilities and infect the user’s computer so it is highly recommended that you update your operating system often and don’t use way older versions on your computer. You should really pay attention to what you are downloading off internet and don’t click on any ad without reading the text on it. Most Importantly, you should have a genuine antivirus and spyware program on your system. If you have been a victim of this threat, It means that your antivirus software is not capable of fighting this threat or its database is out of date.
AV Security suite will harm your computer in many ways and make it very harder for you to remove the program from your computer. It will automatically configure your web browser to use a proxy server and show you fake warnings like :
This website has been reported as unsafe
We recommend that you do not continue to this website. This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.
This software even won’t let you run genuine spyware removal programs like Spyware Doctor and Malware Bytes. If you download and run Malware Bytes spyware remover, it will show you a message"
Application cannot be executed. The file mbam.exe is infected.
Do you want to active your antivirus software now?
This software is configured to block several antivirus and spyware removal program so it is highly advisable that you rename the exe file to a random name to be able to run the program and scan your computer. There are lots of other fake alerts which may be shown by this software. It will even change the Windows Security Center and ask you to purchase the program. The one and only reason behind all this is to trick you into purchasing the program and take your money. Please don’t fall for this scam. This malware software will also :
1. Slow down your computer like never before.
2. Start scanning your computer at its own will.
3. Threat you with scary sounds and won’t let you run other software.
4. If not removed quickly, It may cause lots of other harms to your computer.
How To Remove AV Security Suite Automatically
Even computer geeks can not get rid of AV Security Suite automatically because it injects the Trojans in so many places that you can never find them manually. You may get rid of it for once but It will pop up back within the next few days and you are back to square. Automatic Removal tools scans all partitions of your computer for traces of the virus and gets rid of them completely.
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If you want to remove this rogue antivirus program easily without harming your computer further, I would recommend using a software product like Spyware Doctor. You’ll be able to remove AV Security Suite automatically and protect your computer from such fake products in future without doing anything further on your part. Spyware Doctor will keep running in the background and cease any such threats to death before they spread.
How To Remove AV Security Suite Manually?
We don’t recommend manual removal, however you are free to try the manual removal steps. Make sure that you know what you are doing, otherwise you may delete some important files from your computer and get to the point where no recovery is possible.
Please follow these steps for manual AV Security Suite Removal :
A) First of all, we need to disable the proxy server so that you can surf the Internet Normally. For that, please run Internet Explorer.
B) Click on Tools—>Internet Options and click on “Connections” tab.
C) Now click on “LAN Settings” and uncheck the check box labeled “Use a Proxy Server For Your LAN”. Click on OK Button as required. Now you should be able to surf Internet Normally.
D) Now lets remove the infected registry entries. Please click on Start—>Run and type “regedit”. Then locate these infected entries and remove them :
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareavsoft
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareavsuite
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREavsoft
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREavsuite
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDownload "RunInvalidSignatures" ="1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings "ProxyOverride" = ""
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:5555"
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAssociations "LowRiskFileTypes" = ".exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAttachments "SaveZoneInformation" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "[random]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "[random]"
E) Now please remove the infected files from your computer from these locations ;
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\<random>\
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\<random>\<random>.exe
Reboot your computer and see If you have got rid of It. If you make a mistake in deleting the infected files, this virus will be back on next reboot and in that case, Automatic Removal Tool, such as Spyware Doctor is the only way to get rid of AV Security Suite. It is extremely essential that you always use a real time spyware detection software in your computer. These spywares are like a bad part of Internet now and you’ll never know when you computer can catch such infections without any real time protection. Don’t stay unprotected and put your computer open for thieves.