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How to remove rapidantivir.com

Malware Description:
rapidantivir.com is a new browser hijacker associated with the rogue anti-spyware known as Rapid Antivirus. Besides the evidently interrelated names, these two malwares have some more traits in common. Both rapidantivir.com and its affiliate pursue the goal of getting you to pay for the useless ‘commercial’ version of Rapid Antivirus. By redirecting your browser to rapidantivir.com this hijacker facilitates the installation of Rapid Antivirus software which is alleged to by a cutting-edge security tool. In return, though, you get malicious activity in your system that results in distorting your PC’s normal functionality and makes your machine much less resistant to external threats waiting out there to penetrate into your computer. Once on board, Rapid Antivirus will annoy you with its numerous popups emerging all of a sudden and reporting a variety of non-existent parasites to be removed. Naturally, purchasing Rapid Antivirus ‘licensed’ software will not only prove to be a wrong decision, but will definitely contribute to further system disruption. Unless you want you and your PC to be involved in this trickery, remove rapidantivir.com and Rapid Antivirus in the shortest terms if you spot them in your system.

Malware Type: Browser Hijackers

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: High

Advice: Immediately remove

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How to remove rapidantivir.com manually:
Manual removal of rapidantivir.com is feasible if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Rapid Antivirus
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Rapid Antivirus\Rapid Antivirus.ini
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\base.dat
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\Desc.dat
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\base2.dat
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\spline.dat

The associated registry entries to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rapid Antivirus
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ieupdate

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