| Is AV.exe causing you problems? Join the club! | | | | programs. A lot of malicious software is actually |
| The list of victims out there who badly need to | | | | distributed in the guise of useful freeware; don't |
| remove AV.exe from their computers just keeps | | | | download anything unless an experienced and |
| getting longer and longer. You really should delete | | | | trusted user has recommended it. |
| AV.exe as soon as possible, the longer you wait, | | | | Don't be deceived by the pop ups that tell you |
| the more damage it can and will do. | | | | things like "Your data is unprotected!". This is just |
| If the infection is in its early stages, you might be | | | | a trick to lure you into shelling out good money |
| able to uninstall AV.exe, but it you've been | | | | for even more harmful software. |
| infected for some time then to eliminate it | | | | You could try to get rid of AV.exe manually, |
| completely you will need stronger measures. The | | | | some more daring users attempt this, it is done |
| longer you use an infected PC, the bigger the | | | | by deleting all AV.exe related processes (all |
| chance that the virus will embed itself in the | | | | malicious EXE files), Erasing any associated DLL |
| system registry and create all kinds of bogus pop | | | | files (Dynamic Link Library), Removing any.lnk files |
| up warnings. Once it is in the registry, it becomes | | | | associated with the virus, and entering the |
| very hard to do away with the malware. Worse, | | | | registry via the regedit command and finding and |
| from the registry it can steal sensitive information | | | | removing dangerous files in following directories |
| and send it out. | | | | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_CURRENT_USER. |
| Since AV.exe removal is so hard, you should | | | | The procedure is not easy, and if done |
| know how the virus gets on your PC: | | | | incorrectly, you could end up just wasting time, as |
| It infects your PC through Adobe software. | | | | the virus will simply spread again on reboot, or |
| Adobe is a frequent victim of virus attacks due | | | | worse, you could do more harm than good, and |
| to security vulnerabilities, always use real time | | | | your PC may not reboot at all. |
| virus protection on when you are online. | | | | The fast and easy way to remove AV.exe is |
| You can catch it on social networks like | | | | with the use of a virus removal tool. A removal |
| Facebook and Twitter, you should really only add | | | | tool can scan your whole system and take out |
| people you know as your friends. | | | | any infection in minutes; it will also protect you |
| Downloading some shareware or freeware | | | | against future attacks. |