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« on: January 07, 2010, 09:42:35 PM »


http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-live

What this programs does:

Antivirus Live is a rogue anti-spyware and ransomware program from the same family as Antivirus System Pro. This infection is installed on your computer through Trojans that install it automatically without your permission. Once installed, Antivirus Live will be configured to start automatically when Windows starts. Once running it will scan your computer and display numerous infections, but will state it will not remove them until you purchase the program. In reality, the scan results it detects are all fake and do not actually exist on your computer.

This program is also very aggressive in how it protects itself from being removed. While the Antivirus Live process is running it will terminate almost all programs that you launch stating that they are infected. It will also change the Proxy settings in Internet Explorer so that you can not browse to any site other than the Antivirus Live site so that you can purchase the program. Using these two methods, the program essentially ransoms the normal use of your computer until you purchase the program or use the guide below to remove the infection.


iamsurfing posted:
While I was at OkMagazine.com entering this contest, I clicked on a picture in "celebuzz TOP STORIES" and got a spyware trojan and other malicious software called Antivirus Live. I couldn't do anything on my laptop but click on pop-ups to buy there product
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 10:25:37 AM »

I had a heck of a time getting this un-installed!!!

I did what bleepingcomputer.com said BUT I had to get the info on my other pc........
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 01:55:28 PM »

Almost got this again tonight clicking on my daily entries....as soon as it loaded, I didn't even try to close it. I just shut down my laptop...restarted and didn't fine it this time.
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