How do I get rid of a fake anti virus software?
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
I accidentally downloaded a fake anti virus software. My original software won’t open and I am un able to get on the computer how do i get rid of it??
To make sure you get all malware off your computer you need to run more than one program. Each anti malware program will handle some subset of all viruses but only running one will usually miss some of the malware. The one thing you can probably be assured of is that if you have a known infection there are probably others that are not yet discovered.
Run all of this from safe mode and always download the software from a different computer that is not infected.
Use the following:
Malwarebytes – http://www.malwarebytes.org
Super Anti Spyware – http://www.superantispyware.com
Combofix – http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
For more details on identifying malware and using this software see this page – http://www.personalvpn.org/malware_removal.htm