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Danger level 8
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Common infection symptoms:
  • Installs itself without permissions
  • Connects to the internet without permission
  • Shows commercial adverts
  • Strange toolbar installed without Your permission
  • Annoying Pop-up's

Antivirus Center

With so many security threats facing PCs today, it has become near impossible to protect your system against rogue security threats such as Antivirus Center without the help of a reliable and genuine security tool. Antivirus Center is a rogue antispyware application which finds its roots in the same family as Internet Protection and Antimalware Tool. It was designed with the express purpose of fleecing consumers out of their hard earned money, while being of no value to any infected PC.

Antivirus Center enters the PC surreptitiously through with the help of browser hijacking domains and fake online malware scanners. Fake updates using the Adobe Flash software has also been reported as a popular method of spreading the Antivirus Center infection. Once Antivirus Center securely roots itself in the PC, it is configured to start each time Windows boots up. It will proceed to instigate an unwarranted and fake system scan, which will report on various distressing and crippling fake infections on the system.

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This rogue security tool will use the names of genuine security threats such as TrojanDownloader: Win32/Renos.JI and Worm: Win32/Conficker.B, so that if the user would be to research the threats online they would be convinced that the threats are real. Other fake threats reported on include Trojan: Win32/Hiltoi.gen!A and Spyware: Win32/CrisMin.

As a further attack on the system, and to force the hand of the PC owner, Antivirus Center will bombard the user with various falsely generated security notifications. These fake security messages are completely bogus and should not be believed. In fact, all correspondence received from Antivirus Center should be accepted as extremely suspect. Some of the more popular fake security alerts used by Antivirus Center include the following:

Internet Protection
Your system has come under attack of harmful software. Click here to deactivate it.

Internet Protection
External software tries to control variety of your system files. This may lead to breaking of some data in your system. Click here to protect remote access to your PC & delete these programs.

Internet Protection
Spyware.IEMonster process is found. The virus is going to send your passwords from Internet browser (Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook & others) to the third-parties. Click here for further protection of your data with Internet Protection.

Internet Protection Firewall Alert
Suspicious activity in your registry system space was detected. Rogue malware detected in your system. Data leaks and system damage are possible. Please use a deep scan option.

Internet Protection Firewall Alert
Internet Protection has prevent a program from accessing the Internet.
"iexplore.exe" is infected with Trojan. This worm has tried to use "iexplore.exe" to connect to remove host and send your credit card information.

Internet Protection Firewall Alert
Your computer is being attacked from a remote machine!
Block Internet access to your computer to prevent system infection.
Attacker IP:
Attack type: RCPT exploit

Internet Protection
Your computer is under the infections threat. Run instant shield protection to safe your data and prevent internet access to your credit card information. Select this to run instant shield.

Internet Protection Firewall Alert
Warning
Keylogger activity detected!
Your account in social network is under attack. Click here to block unauthorized modification by removing threats (Recommended)

If you are looking for a powerful security tool to complement your PC’s security and protection, steer well clear of Antivirus Center. This rogue owns none of its professed capabilities, and will not protect your system against any type of threat or infection. Do not allow it to victimize you any further, and get rid of Antivirus Center immediately. This can safest be achieved by investing in a genuine security tool which will not only destroy Antivirus Center but also protect your PC against similar future attacks.

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How to manually remove Antivirus Center

Files associated with Antivirus Center infection:

%Temp%\wrk4.tmp
%Temp%\mv3.tmp
%Temp%\ins2.tmp
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus Center.lnk
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antivirus Center.lnk
%AppData%\[random].ico
%AppData%\[random].dat

Remove Antivirus Center registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List "C:\WINDOWS\sy
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Comments

  1. Pepe G May 2, 2011

    Thanks

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