Antivir Solution Platinum is listed as one widely-spread rogue program. It is a variant of Antivirus Solution Pro. This program is promoted through fake anti-virus web sites that usually prompt its visitors to download and install a copy of Antivir Solution Platinum. Once installed on computers, several annoyances like browser hijacker, disabled anti-virus programs and unable to access the Internet will be witnessed on the PC. These misdeeds may lead to a purchase of Antivir Solution Platinum registration key.
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Remove Antivir Solution Pro
Antivir Solution Pro is malicious computer security software, a clone and successor to AV Security Suite. It has infected and still compromising computers around the world. Antivir Solution Pro will reach a computer as long as it is connected to internet. This malware is advertised on various scam and fake online antivirus web site. Other infections from Trojans and viruses are also factors to get the malware inside the computer.
Remove Earth AV
Earth AV, also known as the Earth Antivirus is a misleading computer security program that has no capability to perform as a real security tool. This is the primary reason why it was dubbed as rogue, fake and unwanted software. Earth AV malware is promoted as “Protect your PC, files, and identity with the industry’s fastest, lightest, most complete security solution.” But in reality, Earth AV was created to deceive users with fake virus detection and aims to sell the software via fraudulent manner.
Internet Explorer Warning – visiting this web site may harm your computer!
“Internet Explorer Warning – visiting this web site may harm your computer!” is a browser hijacker where computers infected with rogue program will be redirected. This hijacker page will appear whenever an Internet browser is opened or someone tries to navigate the web. Purpose of this fake error page is simply to promote the rogue software claiming that installing it will allow you to browse the web more securely.
Remove “Security errors detected”
“Security errors detected” is a fake pop-up alert that will be shown from Windows Taskbar. This alert by rogue program called Antivirus Plus aims to deceive victims from purchasing the registered version of the said product. It may appear like a genuine system tray alert from Windows system, but it is not. It was made to look like one so that it can mislead computer users.
Wait a minute! This is important – we check your device
“Wait a minute! This is important – we check your device” is a fake pop-up Security Tool alert that attempts to deceive users with fake virus scan results. You may notice that it looks like a Windows Explorer interface but it was actually a web page designed to look like one.
Remove AV-Clean
AV-Clean or AV Clean is in the lists of Korean-made rogue ant-virus program showing up and infecting a number of computers world-wide. With its foreign languages, most users will not be able to detect what this program was all about. AV-Clean will just pop-up on infected computers without users intervention and manual installation. This can penetrate a computer if an infected executable file was downloaded from a peer-to-peer network connection. When inside the computer, alterations will be made to the system to justify its presence as a dominant program. Antivirus installed will be disabled and Windows functions will be rendered useless including registry editor, task manager, control panel and so on. Internet browser will be modified to set the default home page to unwanted web site that promotes another fake anti-virus program.
Remove Anticare
Anticare is another fake computer security application that can be installed under the pretenses that it is beneficial. Developers of Anticare make sure that it has all the tools needed to dominate a computer and convince its victim that it is a legitimate program. Initializing itself on Windows boot-up, this program will scan a computer just like any other antivirus application. The only thing differs is, Anticare will produce results that are untrusted and non-existent threats will be displayed in possession of the computer. Fake warnings and alerts also shows up telling users that security threats must be dealt with the registered version of Anticare.
Remove BankerFox.A
BankerFox.A is a fake “Antivirus software alert” displayed by a bogus security software called AV Security Suite. A threat BankerFox.A is issued together with a warning message stating that computer is infected and advises user to block the attack by obtaining the registered version of the fake security program. This is not the first time that malware authors are using real threat for a fake alert.
Remove AntivirusGT
Antivirus GT is a fake security program commonly acquired by visiting web sites that pretend to be online virus scanner. Sometimes, this malware will be downloaded on to computer by disguising as a codec required in playing multimedia files on fake adult web sites. Spam emails, social networking sites, and instant messaging software are also used by malware authors to deploy Antivirus GT. Thus, be careful when clicking on links that you may receive from mentioned services.