The overwhelming majority of us have to deal with pcs for one thing or other in our life, and unless the most recent time you employed a PC was during the late 70s, you've heard about computer viruses that are disguised as anti-malware programs. Don't be hasty to dismiss these as hoaxes; viruses masquerading as reputable anti-malware programs are a genuine menace for everyone who makes use of the web. One of the nastiest of these risks is Antivirus Action. It infects you in so many ways but it is tremendously difficult to get rid of Antivirus Action.
The Virus is rather cunningly disguised, it even has a GUI plus you will even see an preference to uninstall Antivirus Action. Do not waste your time even trying though, the uninstall option is simply for show, it doesn't truly get rid of Antivirus Action. The malware spreads all over your operating system so that it can't be removed just by deleting a few files. You can't wait too long before you try to deal with it either, for the reason that while it's on your system, it seeks out as much sensitive personal information as it can and sends it out to less than sincere people, who then make money selling it.
Antivirus Action removal is something that you can't delay, but it is very difficult to do. It would be ideal if you never got the malware at all. There are certain things you should avoid doing if possible:
Do not add people you don't know to you social networks such as MySpace and Facebook.
Don't use websites that you don't know anything about, they may contain browser hijackers; these are usually the first stage of infection.
Don't install any freeware or shareware that you haven't heard about from friends who are advanced PC users.
You should additionally know how the virus actually infects you. Initially, you'll be flooded with pop-ups, all but demanding that you install a certain software in order to eradicate a specific threat. What's odd is that the pop-ups will appear even when you aren't connected to the Internet, that's because a browser hijacker is at work. The last thing you should do when this happens is to give in to the pop-ups, the program they are asking you to download is actually the virus.
There are a few brave, but arguably foolhardy souls who try to delete Antivirus Action manually. It's a painstaking process that involves three steps:
The virus will have an executable file, so there will be.exe and.bat files associated with the virus, they need to be deleted.
Because it's a program that exists in Windows, it needs.dll and.lnk files too, these will need to be removed as well.
The virus will want to load every time you boot, so it will write itself into the system registry, there will be entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER folders, they will need to be removed as well.
The big problem with manual removal is that you really need to be extremely thorough. If you ignore anything, the virus will simply replicate itself and spread again. If you want to remove Antivirus Action totally, it's best to use an anti spyware tool. Look online for reviews of the best anti spyware software that you can find and be sure to download it staright away. Removal tools are thorough in ways that manually removal can't, what's more, they know exactly what they are looking for. The great thing about removal tools is that they defend your system against similar problems down the line.
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