Remove Advanced Virus Remover

Advanced Virus Remover is a rogue antivirus program promoted on different untrusted security websites. Advanced Virus Remover was designed to deceive computer users and encourage them to purchase this program. When installed on computer, Advanced Virus Remover will discover a number of threats infecting different files and folders of the computer, this trick can drive users to buy the program, which is the authors initial purpose.

At the first attack, Advanced Virus Remover will redirect Internet browser to a website where users will be bombarded with security alert messages and prompts to download the program. Advanced Virus Remover must not be downloaded and if already infected, remove it with known anti-malware application.

What are the Symptoms of Advanced Virus Remover Infection?

It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\policies\ActiveDesktop
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\policies\Explorer
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\System
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVR
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software] 8636065b-fef0-4255-b14f-54639f7900a4 = “8636065b-fef0-4255-b14f-54639f7900a4”
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General] Wallpaper = “%System%\critical_warning.html”
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] NoSetActiveDesktop = 0x00000001
  NoActiveDesktopChanges = 0x00000001
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop] NoChangingWallpaper = 0x00000001
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] DisableTaskMgr = 0x00000001
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] Advanced Virus Remover = “%ProgramFiles%\AdvancedVirusRemover\PAVRM.exe”
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVR] LastVFC = “25”
  VirList = “25|10|31|8|36|13|40|42|9|17|16|47|0|16|37|56|10|21|34|32|51|30|33|38|14|54”
  LastD = “14”

The threat will drop the following malicious files:

• %DesktopDir%\Advanced Virus Remover.lnk
• %StartMenu%\Advanced Virus Remover.lnk
• %ProgramFiles%\AdvancedVirusRemover\PAVRM.exe
• %System%\41.exe
• %System%\critical_warning.html
• %System%\winupdate.exe
• %System%\winhelper.dll

How to Remove Advanced Virus Remover Manually

1. Restart your computer in SafeMode
– After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
– From the selections, Select SafeMode

2. Remove Registry entries that the threat added. You MUST BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST.
– Click Start > Run
– Type in the field, regedit
– Navigate and look for the registry entries mentioned above and delete if necessary

3. Delete malicious files that the threat added:
– Base on the given location above, browse and delete the file
– If no location is given, click Start>Search> and search for the file.
– If cannot be deleted, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to access Task Manager, see if the file is running in the process. If it is, select the file and click End Process. Perform file delete again.

4. Scan computer with Antivirus Program
– Update antivirus program
– Scan computer and delete all detected threats.

How to Easily Remove Advanced Virus Remover

1. Print this procedure as we need to close all programs running later.
2. Download AntiMalware Application here and save it to your Desktop.
3. Close all open applications.
4. Double-Click on the downloaded mbam-setup.exe to start the installation. If unable to execute, infections on computer is preventing it from running, rename the file mbam-setup.exe to anything (like myfile.exe)
5. Run the installation on the default settings. No changes are necessary.
6. Just before completing the installation, make sure that the following are marked check.
– Update the program
– Launch the program

7. The tool will run and update itself after installation. Close it after the update.

8. Restart your computer in SafeMode
– After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
– From the selections, Select SafeMode

9. Click on the icon and start to Perform Full Scan to begin scanning your computer for Advanced Antivirus Remover related files.
10. After scanning, a message will appear stating that the scan is completed successfully. Click OK.
11. Click Show Results and detected threats will be displayed.
12. Make sure that all threats are marked check, then click Remove Selected to begin removal of the malicious files.
13. Exit AntiMalware Apps and restart your computer.

14. Advanced Antivirus Remover and all its files are now removed from your computer. To guard your computer from this threat and avoid future infections, you may want real-time protection from a full version of anti-malware program..