Remove Fake Antivirus 1.76

Rated 20/50 by -Lord- at Jun 8, 2010

I've used several of these removers including this one. As reported, many times those fake AV programs, more commonly referred to as "ransom-ware" because they hold your system hostage wanting you to pay for it, will not allow you to click on anything or run anything in efforts to keep you from shutting them down and removing them. The best way around this is to reboot your machine, and just before you see where windows begins to load, hit F8 and select safe mode. When in safemode, click on start, run, and type in msconfig and hit enter. Go to the start up tab and deselect the offending application, usually one with no clear description of itself. uncheck it all if you have to. then reboot normally, download and install Malwarebytes anti malware program, update it, then scan. It has not failed me yet. Following the scan, run the cleaner, and reboot. Once rebooted, run msconfig again, and put the services back that you need at boot time. Reboot again, and you should be done. This program works to a degree, but not nearly as comprehensive or reliable as Malware Bytes.

Rated 20/50 by Budgie29 at Jun 8, 2010

I myself have found it to be poor Virus remover but when you have more than 1 computer no Virus is safe dochicky try using a second computer and installing the HD as a slave or better still use make and use a livecd/dvd like ultmate boot cd etc etc or beter still do a clean install + appz + configure copy all of your important files over to a second drive and and finally image then when you have a nasty on your computer 10-15 mins later back up and running and no nasty 's....

Rated 10/50 by novaton at Jul 26, 2010

comodo antivirus detects this file as a trojan :(

Rated 50/50 by soldier1st at Aug 24, 2010

most if not all of you seem to think that this removes more stuff but this is only a removal tool for fake antivirus apps ONLY as it will not remove anything else.

Rated 50/50 by Banquo at Aug 25, 2010

lol at all the people who think this is an antivirus program.

Rated 50/50 by bobad at Oct 27, 2010

This is a specialized scanner/cleaner designed to work against a few specific infections. It works. It deactivates the infestation enough so you can use your computer without constant crippling popups. You can then use a regular AV, anti-trojan, or anti-spyware program to finish removing the files and registry entries. This scanner is therefore very valuable for removing this genre of very stubborn infections. I think anyone that rates it below a 3 has not tried it against infections for which it was designed. (fake antiviruses, fake scanners, fake security tools). Keep it handy, eventually you'll need it for one of these vicious infections. If you don't get infected, a friend or relative certainly will.

Rated 10/50 by dssdbs at Dec 1, 2010

why would anyone use something like this? If you PC has become infected with one of these "Fake Anti-Virus Programs", then it's time to format your PC and start over, you will never be completely free from it.

Rated 40/50 by Banquo at Dec 2, 2010

dssdbs, that's nonsense. You obviously don't know much about computers.

Rated 50/50 by war593122 at Dec 3, 2010

Excellent tool. If only I had it yesterday, had to remove ThinkPoint of clients laptop (Microsoft Security Essentials Fix It Right Up. But this would have been a lot quicker, seeing as the scan took over 2 hours (old laptop obviously!). Can you please provide a change-log?

Rated 50/50 by Input Overload at Jan 10, 2011

A good program for those new to PC's although if you have the full version of Malwarebytes/Prevx running you won't get infected in the first place. I sent the link of this program to a few of my friends. (Might cut down on the phone calls) dssdbs, If you do a new full install & use 'Acronis True Image' it's a matter of 6 minutes to restore an image you took days or even weeks ago with everything intact & working. It would take me days to do a full re-install as I have many specialist programs on. Sorry for digressing.

Rated 30/50 by Psychlone at Jan 31, 2011

@dssdbs: Clearly you don't have any qualification to tell people to just format and install their OS from scratch, especially considering the fact that some malware will hide in the boot sector and there's nothing short of a DBAN/LLF that will eradicate it. This program is OK for what it does. I've eradicated literally thousands of computers of malware, especially the new breed of FAKEAV/Thinkpoint/etc. This is how it goes for me: 1) Boot to a PE disk (OR run RKILL from within Windows where possible) 2) Use Malwarebytes 3) Run Combofix (where applicable) 4) Reboot If this utility were to have better detection and SOME FORM of removal, it would be worth it's weight in internets...but it's not there yet. All I see this as, is a new, automated version of RKILL that shuts down the virus processes for you...nothing more. I still prefer to get rid of viruses BEFORE Windows loads - this way, they can't hide from you...

Rated 20/50 by some guy at Feb 1, 2011

failed to remove Antivirus.net