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Advanced Virus Removal

Posted: August 14, 2009

Advanced Virus Removal is a fake security program that uses aggressive tactics to pursued purchase of a full version of Advanced Virus Removal. Advanced Virus Removal can be installed from a malicious site that advertises rogue anti-spyware programs. After installed, Advanced Virus Removal is able to conduct system scans that display several bogus results in hopes to scare computer users into purchasing Advanced Virus Removal to remove them.

Advanced Virus Removal in trial form and full version is not able to remove parasites. You may get messages on your screen similar to the follow.

"System warning!
Continue working in unprotected mode is very dangerous. Viruses can damage your confidential data and work on your computer. Click here to protect your computer."

Do not ever trust the above message. Manual detection and removal of Advanced Virus Removal may prove to be difficult because it is able to load at startup of Windows.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %program_files%\advancedvirusremover\Advanced Virus Remover.lnk
    2 %program_files%\advancedvirusremover\PAVRM.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVRHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRUHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avr lastdHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avr lastscanHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avr lastvfcHKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avr virlistHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run advanced virus remover

2 Comments

  • pat says:

    The manual removal directions don't work for me as the Advanced Virus Removal has prevented activation of Task Manager and System restore.

  • removal1 says:

    Wow! your website have the great information about removal
    .I'm sure I will be back again.

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