Antimalware PC Safety Rogue Removal Instructions

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The Emsisoft malware research team has discovered a new outbreak of the Antimalware PC Safety. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Rogue.Win32.AntimalwarePCSafety.

Antimalware PC Safety is a rogue scanner application, another variant of Best Virus Protection, Home Malware Cleaner, SmartAntiMalwareProtection, Antivirus Smart Protection, Malware Protection Center and Internet Security Guard. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive or misleading scan results report, which says that your computer has a problem, or infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to fix it before you purchase.

Create new files:

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\873.mof
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\AP4f8_8010.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\APCS.ico
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\BackUp\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\Quarantine Items\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\APGRBYPRCS\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\APGRBYPRCS\APLHODBCS.cfg
%AppData%\Antimalware PC Safety\
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk
%Temp%\scandsk211d_8010.exe
%Temp%\del.bat
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk

Create/modify registry entries:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\3

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
ltTST = 91540000

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download\
CheckExeSignatures = no
RunInvalidSignatures = 01000000

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
DisallowRun = 01000000

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun\
0 = msseces.exe
1 = MSASCui.exe
2 = ekrn.exe
3 = egui.exe
4 = avgnt.exe
5 = avcenter.exe
6 = avscan.exe
7 = avgfrw.exe
8 = avgui.exe
9 = avgtray.exe
10 = avgscanx.exe
11 = avgcfgex.exe
12 = avgemc.exe
13 = avgchsvx.exe
14 = avgcmgr.exe
15 = avgwdsvc.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
BVP = "%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\AP4f8_8010.exe" /s
Best Virus Protection = "%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\AP4f8_8010.exe" /s /d

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\
BVP = "%Temp%\scandsk211d_8010.exe" /cs:0

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19_Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20_Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
URL = http://findgala.com/?&uid=8074&q={searchTerms}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\BV4f8_8074.DocHostUIHandler
(Default)  = Implements DocHostUIHandler
Clsid  = {3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}
(Default)  = Implements DocHostUIHandler
LocalServer32  = %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\4f893a\AP4f8_8010.exe
ProgID  = BV4f8_8074.DocHostUIHandler

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\a.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\aAvgApi.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\AAWTray.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\About.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ackwin32.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\Ad-Aware.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\adaware.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\advxdwin.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

many similar entries…

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To register and uninstall this rogue application, you can try the following serial number:

U2FD-S2LA-H4KA-UEPB

How to remove the infection of Antimalware PC Safety (Rogue.Win32.AntimalwarePCSafety)?

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.