What is AV Security Suite, How to remove AV Security Suite
AV Security Suite is a harmful program.
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It is a component of malware or spyware, you should immediately remove it using an antivirus and antispyware program. If that does not help, then ask us for help in the Spyware removal forum. |
Command: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\{RANDOM}\{RANDOM}.exe
HijackThis Category: O4
HijackThis Line:
R1 – HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [{RANDOM}] %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\{RANDOM}\{RANDOM}.exe
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [{RANDOM}] %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\{RANDOM}\{RANDOM}.exe
Description: rogue antispyware program
How to remove: use the AV Security Suite removal instructions or the steps below.
1. Download HijackThis from here and save it to your desktop. Most important, in the Save dialog, rename HijackThis.exe to iexplore.exe !!!
2. Run HijackThis. Main menu opens. Click to “Do a system scan only” button. After HijackThis completes the system scan, check the box to the left of the following items:
R1 – HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:5555
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [{random}] C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\{random}\{random}.exe
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [{random}] C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\{random}\{random}.exe
Please be very careful, do NOT check any other boxes! Next, click on Fix checked on the bottom left side of the HijackThis screen. Close HijackThis.
3. Download Malwarebytes Anti-malware. Install, perform a scan and let it remove what it found. Reboot afterwards (important).
June 29th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I used the free version of Malwarebytes to AUTOMATICALLY remove this nasty malware. Worked like a charm.
You can check out the legitimacy of Malwarebytes on CNET
http://www.cnet.com/1770-5_1-0.html?query=malwarebytes&tag=srch
It’s been downloaded over 44 MILLION times by users, and and gets excellent ratings by both CNET and users.
The only problem I had was downloading it, as the AV malware blocks such downloads. So I downloaded the install file to another computer, and then sent it to the bad computer via email attachment. From there, it went smoothly. The program installed easily, and found and deleted the bad AV files.
I’m back up and running.Still a minor problem or two. Internet Explorer no longer works because AV somehow threw off my settings for Internet access for that program, and I’m too ignorant to know how to fix that. So I switched to Foxfire (which I prefer anyway) and bypassed that remaining glitch. Probably reinstalling Internet Explorer would work as well, but not sure.