Safety Anti-Spyware commonly arrives on computer that was redirected to a fake online antivirus websites. Safety Anti-Spyware is unsafe when downloaded and executed on computer. It harms in a way unknown to users by connecting to a remote website and downloading additional malware to work coinciding with Safety Anti-Spyware. When successfully dropped on computer, Safety Anti-Spyware will display a fabricated virus scan results and asked you to “Remove All” the detected threats by purchasing the registered version first. A common way for a rogue program to sell itself.
If you think that by having the full version of Safety Anti-Spyware can help you protect your computer then you are mistakenly adopting this useless program. Remove Safety Anti-Spyware and your computer will be clean and free of viruses, it was actually the threat and all it detected were false and non-existent.
What are the Symptoms of Safety Anti-Spyware Infection?
Rogue program Safety Anti-Spyware will run its own virus scanner and display a dozens of fake detections.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random characters]
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Uninstall\Safety Anti-Spyware 3
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “Safety Anti-Spyware 3”
Safety Anti-Spyware will drop the following malicious files:
- c:\Program Files\Safety Anti-Spyware 3
- c:\Program Files\Safety Anti-Spyware 3\Safety Anti-Spyware 3.exe
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Safety Anti-Spyware 3.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\Safety Anti-Spyware 3.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Safety Anti-Spyware 3
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Safety Anti-Spyware 3\Safety Anti-Spyware 3.lnk
How to Remove Safety Anti-Spyware 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 Safety Anti-Spyware
1. Download and run Removal Tool to remove Safety Anti-Spyware
