Antivirus 360 Removal Guide: **Our recommendation: Automatically Remove Antivirus 360 with Spyware Doctor
What is Antivirus 360? Antivirus 360 (a.k.a AV360 or A360) is a rogue antispyware that is designed to get you to purchase a fully licensed, registered version of the software through various aggressive advertising techniques and scare tactics. **Note that Antivirus 360 is NOT a legitimate spyware
removal software** Antivirus 360 will infect your computer via one of two methods: 1. Trojan Vundo - if you are already infected with the Vundo Trojan, you will then receive consistent popups that state that your computer is infected and you need to install Antivirus 360 in order to protect your computer. 2. Fake Advertising - when visiting certain websites, you will see popups from the site that again, will tell you that your computer is infected and you need to install Antivirus 360 to protect yourself. Once downloaded and installed, Antivirus 360 will configure itself to always run in the background by starting up automatically each time you reboot and start Windows. The program will then perform a scan of your computer and those scan results will show that you have a number of infections present. The problem however, is that those scan results list files and folders that are either non-existent or that are actual legitimate Windows files that it needs to run properly. If the legitimate files end up being deleted, your computer may cease to function. Also, while it is running you will continue to see consistent fake security alerts informing you that your computer has any number of security risks - including files that have been changed or data being sent over the internet to a remote host. All of the scan results and alerts are false and are only designed to get you to purchase a licensed version of this bogus antispyware software. Effects on Your computer: - General Slowness Screenshots:
Automatic Removal (Highly Recommended): 1. Download and Install Spyware Doctor, which effectively removes Antivirus 360 completely:
3. When scan is complete, click check all to ensure all infections are removed 4. Click Fix Checked to remove Antivirus 360 and all other infections Manual Removal (not recommended) If you are a trained computer professional, you can attempt to remove Antivirus 360 by stopping the following process and removing the following files and regsitry entries: Processes: Av360.exe Files: c:\Program Files\A360 Registry Entries (randomized numbers):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\13376694984709702142491016734454 Prevention of Future Attacks/Infections: Ensure you have IntelliGuard running on Spyware Doctor. This is their real time protection agent - it is the most advanced real-time protection you will find anywhere. This will block all future spyware and malware from ever getting onto your computer.
*Disclaimer - the information presented in the manual removal section of this guide is meant to be used as an aid to assist you with removing spyware infections by yourself and is to be used at your own risk. As stated, we do not recommend manual spyware removal in any situation as this can cause any number of additional problems with your computer, including causing your computer to stop functioning altogether. As such, thebestspywareremovers.com cannot be held responsible for problems that may occur with any manual spyware removal process that you willfully choose to engage in.* |
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