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How to remove Av-antispyware.com hijacker

Malware Description:
Av-antispyware.com is the first official website promoting the brand-new fake anti-spyware program called AV Antispyware, which is a malicious successor of the MS Antispyware 2009 scareware. We’ve mentioned the numeral “first” above because rogue anti-spywares tend to launch multiple “official” websites to be visited in a number of dishonest ways. The deal with Av-antispyware.com website is that users typically hit it after getting diverted there. This divert may bring you directly to Av-antispyware.com – in this case the backdoor trojan Zlob has forcedly configured your web browser to redirect your web-surfing to Av-antispyware.com URL. Another way of hitting Av-antispyware.com domain is through some links you may push on fake alarming pages or misleading web resources. No matter how you got to Av-antispyware.com, you will keep following this domain over and over until you remove the hijacker causing it. Av-antispyware.com site welcomes you with the adware that praises the sponsoring rogue – AV Antispyware. Av-antispyware.com web page provides the options of online computer scanning and installing AV Antispyware full version. Whichever option you choose to click on Av-antispyware.com, either way you will end up getting deceived because the scan is fabricated and reports non-existent infection, and the download option is undesirable because it installs a dangerous rogue anti-spyware utility. It’s a matter of high importance to ignore the adware promoting AV Antispyware on Av-antispyware.com. You are strongly recommended to get rid of Av-antispyware.com hijacker to avoid browser redirections, and scan your PC for malware using a legitimate anti-spyware tool – not AV Antispyware.

Malware Type: Browser Hijackers

Malware Author: LastSun Ltd

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove Av-antispyware.com hijacker manually:
Manual removal of Av-antispyware.com hijacker and attendant malware is feasible if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, system processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The associated files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware\
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware\ava.exe
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware\BASE\
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware\DELETED\
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware\LOG\
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware\SAVED\
• %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AV AntiSpyware
• %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AV AntiSpyware\AV AntiSpyware.lnk

The related registry entries to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LastSun Ltd\AV AntiSpyware
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\uninstall\AV AntiSpyware 1.8
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “AV AntiSpyware”

Please, be aware that manual removal of Av-antispyware.com hijacker is a cumbersome procedure and does not ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may automatically reanimate themselves afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal of Av-antispyware.com hijacker, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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