Christian Mairoll 237 Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 The Emsisoft malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the A-fast Antivirus adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.AFastAntivirus. A-fast Antivirus is a rogue security program come from hxxp://www.a-fast .com. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive/misleading scan results report, which says that your computer is infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to delete them before you purchase. Create new files: %ProgramFiles%A-fastA-fast.exe %UserProfile%DesktopA-fast Antivirus.lnk Create new registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareA-fast HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareA-fastActivation HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareA-fastSecurity HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, “fast” Screenshots: How to remove the infection of A-fast Antivirus (Adware.Win32.AFastAntivirus)? To delete this malware infection, please download and install Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine. Related Posts: User Antivirus 2010 Adware Removal Instructions Paladin Antivirus Adware Removal Instructions XP Micro Antivirus Adware Removal Instructions Antivirus Soft Adware Removal Instructions Antivirus Suite Adware Removal Instructions View the full article Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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