AntivirAntivir may go by the following names: • Anti.vir • Anti vir Antivir may display some of the following symptoms: • Is your computers performance slower than usual? • Are you receiving annoying pop ups? • Are things changing on your machine, that you didn\'t change yourself? • Do you see a scan report that has taken place, which you didn\'t start? • Are you receiving fake scan report results? • Is your computer generating scary system security notifications? • Are you being asked to buy a full version in order to rectify these problems? • Is your internet connection acting differently to usual? Antivir will trick you into thinking that your computer has all types of dangerous threats. Once you are scared enough it will take complete advantage of this false situation which it has created and will offer you a solution in the form of the full version which is also fake. It will ask you to pay a small fee, which it then promises will fix all your computer problems. The truth of the matter is that the only computer problems which you actually have is Antivir itself. Be warned to never download, install or purchase anything which is related to the malicious Antivir. Once you suspect that you may have Antivir running on your computer, you need to remove it immediately. You have the option of the manual or the automatic removal process. It is imperative to be aware of the factor that the manual removal process is actually extremely hard to do and you run the risk of seriously damaging your computer, if you do something incorrectly. It is highly suggested to rather make use of the automatic removal method, where an antispyware removal product can do all the work for you. |
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Danger level:
8
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Common infection symptoms:
- Installs itself without permissions
- Connects to the internet without permision
- Shows commercial adverts
- Slow internet connection
- Annoying pop-up's
- Slow Computer
How to manually remove Antivir
Files associated with Antivir infection:
UpdateCheck.dll
antivir.exe
antivir.exe
Antivir DLL's to remove:
UpdateCheck.dll
Antivir processes to kill:
antivir.exe
Remove Antivir registry entries:
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AV

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