How to Remove Fake Antivirus Software

[Brian]

Hi guys,

I wrote a new guide: http://www.selectrealsecurity.com/remove-fake-antivirus

Fake antivirus software, also known as rogueware, is malicious software designed to mislead computer users into paying money for an antivirus program that is not real. It displays fake virus warnings and says you need to buy the software to fix the problem. When a computer is infected with fake antivirus software, you will frequently see fake warning messages similar to the ones below:

I would appreciate any feedback.

Brian

 

[McLovin]

Look's great, but only thing that I can suggest is that you could add some where in it to use Malwarebytes and or Hitman Pro, apart from that looking good.

 

[Prorootect]

Yes, looks very good.


But why forgot these MBAM, RogueKiller, DDS, UVK, PowerTool, XueTr .. ProcNetMonitor .. aswMBR.exe, MBRscan.exe .. why?..

 

[jamescv7]

http://www.selectrealsecurity.com/malware-removal-guide#removal

MBAM and Hitman Pro were included on on that part for the removal of Fake AV.

 

[Prorootect]

Yes I see it's added, too UVK and RogueKiller in additional tools .. thanks!

 

[ranget]

i don't think that Tdss killer is sufficent Rootkit scanner alone
i think you should add another Rootkit scanner

 

[Brian]

Hi ranget,

What tool would you suggest?

 

[ranget]

sorry it's been a ver very Late answer

but to answer Late better than not to answer at all

you need to add a rootkit scanner that not that complicated for the normal user to use obviously
but i see one thing that Gmer is the most used ARK on all of the support forum
which mean it's the easiest to use by noobs

so Gmer it is