Antispyware Soft is another malicious security application that will display excessive fake alerts on victim’s computer. Antispyware Soft virus will spread by means of Trojan that are able to alter system settings specially Internet browser and redirects its homepage and search result page to a fake online virus scanner. This web page will perform a scan on visitor’s computer and produce fabricated results about potential virus infection on the computer. It will advise to download and install Antispyware Soft to clean and remove detected threats. It is obvious at this point that this rogue program will attack users at its own discretion. Downloading Antispyware Soft will even endanger more the compromised system instead of protecting it.
We advise you to remove Antispyware Soft immediately with only legitimate and trusted anti-malware program. Buying the registration key, serial or activation code is not necessary to remove Antispyware Soft from the computer.
What are the Symptoms of Antispyware Soft Infection?
After downloading the rogue program. It will launch a virus scan locally detecting non-exsitent threats to convice users to activate the unregistered version of Antispyware Soft.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “[random]“
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “[random]“
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
- %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random]\[random].exe
- %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random]\[random]tssd.exe
How to Remove Antispyware Soft 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 files.
– 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 Antispyware Soft
1. Download and run Removal Tool to remove this computer threat.
