Showing posts with label Anti-Virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anti-Virus. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Remove WinDisk (Win Disk) fraudware

Some alerts of the trojan are shown as though on behalf  of Windows. For example the following alert may be shown as a suggestion to upload and install the adware.
  “Windows detected a hard disk error.
(…) Do you want to download recommended software?”
In fact, a trojan is in charge of generating this alert. The trojan is to be considered as a part of adware. Its task is to make the adware installation sound legitimate. However, if you ignore its alerts-requests, the installation will be made without your consent thanks to the trojan efforts.
Get rid of WinDisk trojan and the rest of the adware. Removal of WinDisk is a fake optimization software deletion. Relevant tool to deal with the issue is available here.

WinDisk screenshot:


WinDisk removal tool:


WinDisk manual removal:
Delete WinDisk files:
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinDisk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinDisk\Uninstall WinDisk.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinDisk\WinDisk.lnk
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\[random].exe
Delete WinDisk registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]”

Monday, March 16, 2009

Anti-Virus Number 1 (AntVirus Number 1) Removal Help

Anti-Virus Number 1 (AntiVirus Number 1) is promoted through the hijacker and trial version. The program of Anti-Virus Number 1 is a typical fake security application. It pretends to detect and remove viruses, but it is our recommendation to remove Anti-Virus Number 1 for it shares with a virus the habit of harming computer where it is installed. Fortunately, it Anti-Virus Number 1 is not self-replicable like virus, and the process of your system deterioration is not developing very promptly in case of Anti-Virus Number 1 infection, in contrast to the virus infection. However, there is certainly no use to have such resident on your PC like Anti-Virus Number 1 incapable of detecting and removing even simple threats and, in addition, harming your computer through issuance of conflicting commands that creates system errors and grabbing enormous system resource that creates slow computer problem. In case of hijacker infection, there is a program on your PC redirecting your browser to websites like Anti-Virus Number 1.com and Anti-Virus Number 1.net. It also disorders the browser so that it starts reporting that some legitimate websites are unavailable. The hijacker may be installed separately or bundled with trial version of Anti-Virus Number 1. Anti-Virus Number 1 is the application that uses tactics of aggressive alerting and users often want to get rid of Anti-Virus Number 1 because of its annoying behavior. Click here to download Spyware Doctor with antivirus, start free scan and perform Anti-Virus Number 1 removal, as well as to remove other infections, e.g. above mentioned Anti-Virus Number 1 hijacker.

Anti-Virus Number 1 screenshot:

Anti-Virus Number 1 automatical remover:

Anti-Virus Number 1 manual removal guide:
Delete Anti-Virus Number 1 files:

AV1.cab
av1.exe
AV1i.exe
AV1Two.exe
QWProtect.dll
svchost.exe
Anti-Virus Number-1.lnk
Uninstall.lnk
\BasCw1RaU1oLasEc1S.exe
Delete Anti-Virus Number 1 registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{0D1DBFEE-0C43-4223-8B3E-A56FB3C5C87D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\QWProtect.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8D187DFF-423F-41d3-A331-A60DE5886675}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0D1DBFEE-0C43-4223-8B3E-A56FB3C5C87D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QWProtect.QWProtectBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QWProtect.QWProtectBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{CD30B357-F8F7-4AD1-BF68-04A219D21A69}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Browser Helper Objects\{8D187DFF-423F-41d3-A331-A60DE5886675}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Drives swap"