Antivirii 2011

What is Antivirii 2011?

Antivirii 2011 is a rogue computer security scanner; a variant of its previous version, Antivirus Clean 2011. Internet criminals changed the name and interface of their bogus program and began distributing it once more.

Antivirii 2011 is often distributed through fake online security scanners. These pop-ups are created in order to trick computer users into believing that their computers are infected.

Users are then coerced into downloading the rogue program: Antivirii 2011. This bogus program self-installs on computer systems and modifies the registry of the operating system to start automatically each time a computer boots.

Furthermore, it will disable the Task Manager and other default Windows functions, making it difficult to remove. Antivirii 2011 displays the results of a 'security scan' reporting that your PC is infected with various Trojans, Adware, Backdoors, and other infections.

Ignore these reports, they are fake. Internet criminals designed Antivirii 2011 to scare you into purchasing a fake license.

Remove this bogus program from your computer immediately. If you have already paid for the license of Antivirii 2011, contact your credit card company and dispute the charges, explaining that you have been tricked into buying a fake computer security program.

Antivirii 2011 will display the following fake security warning pop-ups:

"Your system is infected! Your computer is compromised by hackers, adware, malware and worms! Antivirii 2011 can remove this infection. Please click this icon to remove threats."

"Your computer is in danger! Antivirii 2011 has detected some serious threats to your computer!"

Ignore these messages and remove this fake antivirus program from your computer.

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Quick menu:

• What is Antivirii 2011?
• STEP 1. Remove Antivirii 2011 using Safe Mode with Networking.
• STEP 2. Remove Antivirii 2011 manually by deleting files and registry entries.

Antivirii 2011 removal:

1. Start your computer in Safe Mode. Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart, click OK.

During your computer starting process press the F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see the Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe Mode with Networking from the list.{jcomments on}

Here is a video demonstrating how to start Windows in "Safe Mode with Networking":

Windows XP users:

Windows Vista / 7 users:

Windows 8 users:

2. Open Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select Connections, then click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

3.  Download HijackThis and save it to your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis, so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog, rename HijackThis.exe to iexplore.exe and only then click the Save button.

After saving the file to your desktop, double click it. In the main HijackThis window click the “Do a system scan only” button. Select the following entry (place a tick at the left of the entry):

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Security] C:\Windows\.exe

After selecting the required entry, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

4. Download and install antispyware software to completely remove the infection.

Other tools known to remove Antivirii 2011:

• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

If you are unable to remove Antivirii 2011, you can use these manual removal instructions. Use them at your own risk, since if you do not have strong computer knowledge, you could harm your operating system.

Use them only if you are an experienced computer user. (Instructions on how to end processes, remove registry entries...)

End these Antivirii 2011 processes:

antivirii.exe
random.exe

Remove these Antivirii 2011 entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Security"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe "Debugger"

Delete these Antivirii 2011 files:

C:\Windows\antivirii.exe
C:\Windows\.exe

Summary:

The fake antivirus programs (also known as "rogue antivirus programs" or "scareware") are applications that tries to lure computer users into paying for their non-existent full versions to remove the supposedly detected security infections (although the computer is actually clean). These bogus programs are created by cyber criminals who design them to look as legitimate antivirus software. Most commonly rogue antivirus programs infiltrate user's computer using poop-up windows or alerts which appear when users surf the Internet. These deceptive messages trick users into downloading a rogue antivirus program on their computers. Other known tactics used to spread scareware include exploit kits, infected email messages, online ad networks, drive-by downloads, or even direct calls to user's offering free support.

A computer that is infected with a fake antivirus program might also have other malware installed on it as rogue antivirus programs often are bundled with Trojans and exploit kits. Noteworthy that additional malware that infiltrates user's operating system remains on victim's computer regardless of whether a payment for a non-existent full version of a fake antivirus program is made. Here are some examples of fake security warning messages that are used in fake antivirus distribution:

Computer users who are dealing with a rogue security software shouldn't buy it's full version. By paying for a license key of a fake antivirus program users would send their money and banking information to cyber criminals. Users who have already entered their credit card number (or other sensitive information) when asked by such bogus software should inform their credit card company that they have been tricked into buying a rogue security software. Screenshot of a web page used to lure computer users into paying for a non-existent full version of antivirii 2011 rogue and other rogue antivirus programs:

To protect your computer from antivirii 2011 rogue and other rogue antivirus programs users should:

• Keep their operating system and all of the installed programs up-to-date.
• Use legitimate antivirus and anti-spyware programs.
• Use caution when clicking on links in social networking websites and email messages.
• Don't trust online pop-up messages which state that your computer is infected and offers you to download security software.

Symptoms indicating that your operating system is infected with a fake antivirus program:

• Intrusive security warning pop-up messages.
• Alerts asking to upgrade to a paid version of a program to remove the supposedly detected malware.
• Slow computer performance.
• Disabled Windows updates.
• Blocked Task Manager.
• Blocked Internet browsers or inability to visit legitimate antivirus vendor websites.

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