Antivirus Clean 2011

Posted: April 12, 2011

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	26

First Seen:	April 13, 2011
Last Seen:	August 17, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Antivirus Clean 2011 is a rogue anti-virus program that panics the PC user with fake alerts and faulty scanner results to soften them up, thereafter following up with a fraudulent registration prompting that endangers the user's money, identity and personal information. Unlike a real anti-virus program, Antivirus Clean 2011 can neither detect nor delete malware threats or other system issues, and should itself be considered malware to be removed in good haste. Deleting Antivirus Clean 2011 should be performed by a suitably updated anti-malware program, since manually removing Antivirus Clean 2011 may easily fail or cause other harm to your PC.

Not Clean as It Wants You to Think It Is

Antivirus Clean 2011 is a copy of many other known threats like AV Security Suite, Antivirus Soft, Antispyware Soft and Antivirus Suite. Infections by Antivirus Clean 2011 and related rogue anti-virus programs can be caused by trusting fake system scanners that have malware links embedded in them or even just by visiting a dangerous website that uses malicious code to inject drive-by style downloads onto the system.

Computers infected by Antivirus Clean 2011 will be subjected to this rogue anti-virus program starting up whenever Windows starts due to Registry entries that put Antivirus Clean 2011 into your startup routine. Antivirus Clean 2011 will fake offering such features as a firewall and a virus scanner, but all data Antivirus Clean 2011 provides is wholly fake.

Some samples of Antivirus Clean 2011's misleading errors include:

“Your computer is being attacked by an Internet virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a Trojan – dropper or similar.”

"Security Warning
Application cannot be executed. The file [filename].exe is infected. Do you want to activate your anti-virus software"

"Windows reports that computer is infected. Antivirus software helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click here for the scan your computer. Your system might be at risk now."

These alerts, along with any horrible scanner results offered by Antivirus Clean 2011, are just a way to fool you into spending money on purchasing Antivirus Clean 2011. Since Antivirus Clean 2011 offers zilch for your PC security and may even harm your computer, you should obviously avoid purchasing Antivirus Clean 2011.

Scrubbing Antivirus Clean 2011 Away

As a rogue security program, Antivirus Clean 2011 will try to avoid being uninstalled. In the process of this, Antivirus Clean 2011 may also:

Hijack your web browser, forcing you to dangerous websites or preventing you from visiting websites related to PC security. The most common signs of browser hijacking include being redirected from your search results and your homepage being changed to a malicious website.
Prevent applications from properly launching or running. Well-known anti-virus software and Windows utilities like MSConfig may not work correctly while Antivirus Clean 2011 is active. In some instances, renaming the file before launching it can avoid this.
Cancel or interrupt file downloads. Renaming the file into a generic one not on the list to be blocked by Antivirus Clean 2011 may let you download it without any further problems.

Most such blockades to your attempts to re-secure your PC can only be stopped by preventing Antivirus Clean 2011 from running at all. The most effective way of block Antivirus Clean 2011 is to use a Safe Mode-based boot, which stops most unnecessary processes from launching during startup. After that, you should be able to use a proper anti-malware program to scan for and delete Antivirus Clean 2011 and any other threats.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus Clean 2011\avservice.exe

File name: avservice.exe
Size: 157.69 KB (157696 bytes)
MD5: f6a1a89e0282d66b0e6493bf6b3859db
Detection count: 58
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ProgramFiles%\Antivirus Clean 2011
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 13, 2011

%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus Clean 2011\avc2011.exe

File name: avc2011.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062400 bytes)
MD5: 374f9b3e7878ba44bdb4fa6e7245203d
Detection count: 53
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ProgramFiles%\Antivirus Clean 2011
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 13, 2011

%UserProfile%\Desktop\AntivirusClean2011Setup.exe

File name: AntivirusClean2011Setup.exe
Size: 1.53 MB (1539594 bytes)
MD5: a2d2674fe920910365ec490c2271837d
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %UserProfile%\Desktop
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus Clean 2011