Antivirus Live is a harmful application that was being promoted as a security program on its own fake security websites. Antivirus Live can easily get peoples trust by exhibiting a fabricated virus scanner and detecting dozens of threat on computer. These threats seems to be created only to deceive computer users and get their attention to purchase the registered version of this malicious program. Aside from that, Internet access will be redirected to an error page stating about insecure Internet activity and clicking on a solution will get user to a payment page where it will prompt to pay for the program to restore computers normal activities.
It has been observed that this scary tactics is a typical method for rogue developers to persuade users into getting the licensed version of these application. AntivirusLive virus must be avoided and if presence was observed, remove it with a known and trusted anti-virus and anti-malware programs.
| Type | Rogue |
| Sub-Type | FakeAV |
| Aliases | |
| OS Affected | Windows |
| Detected By | MalwareBytes |
What are the Symptoms of Antivirus Live Infection?
It will automatically scan computer and issue false information to encourage users into obtaining the Antivirus Live activation key and registration code.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BAD4551D-9B24-42cb-9BCD-818CA2DA7B63}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BAD4551D-9B24-42cb-9BCD-818CA2DA7B63}
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
- %WINDOWS%\sysguard.exe
- %WINDOWS%\system32\iehelper.dll
How to Remove AntivirusLive Manually
1. Restart your computer in SafeMode
- After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
- From the selections, Select SafeMode
2. Remove Registry entries that the threat added. You MUST BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST.
- Click Start > Run
- Type in the field, regedit
- Navigate and look for the registry entries mentioned above and delete if necessary
3. Delete malicious files that the threat added:
- Base on the given location above, browse and delete the file
- If no location is given, click Start>Search> and search for the files.
- If cannot be deleted, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to access Task Manager, see if the file is running in the process. If it is, select the file and click End Process. Perform file delete again.
4. Scan computer with Antivirus Program
- Update antivirus program
- Scan computer and delete all detected threats.
How to Easily Remove Antivirus Live
1. Download and run Removal Tool to remove Antivirus Live