Antivirus Monitor
Antivirus Monitor is a recent version of the program that was created in the tradition of AntiMalware Go. This applications are dangerous and applies various tricks to persuade victims into purchasing the registered version of the program. Antivirus Monitor and all of the programs that belongs to this group was developed specifically to earn money from this fraudulent activity. Antivirus Monitor will be spread by a Trojan that will be distributed on the Internet by file-sharing networks, spam e-mails, malicious links from instant messaging applications and fake security web sites. When it penetrates the system, it will start to modify system settings and dominate the operation. A virus scan by Antivirus Monitor will be executed each time Windows is started. Several pop-up alerts and messages is displayed to mislead victims further. A claim by Antivirus Monitor that various infections were detected will constantly issued and advise to get the registered version of the program.
Ignore Antivirus Monitor and all of its warnings. It was created specifically to deceive and mislead. Immediately run a full scan of the contracted system using a legitimate anti-malware application. Below is a simple and easy to follow manual removal and tools to remove Antivirus Monitor virus.
| Type | Rogue |
| Sub-Type | FakeAV |
| Aliases | |
| OS Affected | Windows |
| Detected By | MalwareBytes |
What are the Symptoms of Antivirus Monitor Infection?
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:18810″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = “0″
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
%Temp%\[random]\
%Temp%\[random]\[random].exe
How to Remove Antivirus Monitor Manually
1. Restart your computer in SafeMode
- Press F8 on keyboard as soon as you turn on the computer
- Select SafeMode to start the computer loading only minimal resources
2. Delete Windows registry entries the malware created. It is important to BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST.
- On Windows Start Menu, Click Start > Run
- Type in the field, regedit
- Find registry entries mentioned above and delete if necessary
3. Files related to Antivirus Monitor must be deleted:
- Browse and delete malicious files detected above.
- Some files cannot be deleted instantly. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open Windows Task Manager, look for any virus-related files mentioned on this page and highlight it, click End Process. Try to delete the file once more.
4. Run Antivirus Program
- You must be connected to Internet to be able to update your anti-virus program. This is needed to have the latest database available and detect newer threats.
- Thoroughly scan the computer and clean or delete all detected threats.
How to Easily Remove Antivirus Monitor
1. Print this procedure as we need to close all running programs later.
2. Download AntiMalware Application here and save it to your Desktop.
3. Close all open applications.
4. Double-Click on the downloaded mbam-setup.exe to start the installation. If unable to execute, infections on computer is preventing it from running, rename the file mbam-setup.exe to anything (like myfile.exe)
5. Run the installation on the default settings. No changes are necessary.
6. Just before completing the installation, make sure that the following are marked check.
- Update the program
- Launch the program
7. The tool will run and update itself after installation. Close it after the update.
8. Restart your computer in SafeMode
- After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
- From the selections, Select SafeMode
9. Click on the icon and start to Perform Full Scan to begin scanning your computer for Antivirus Monitor related files.
10. After scanning, a message will appear stating that the scan is completed successfully. Click OK.
11. Click Show Results and detected threats will be displayed.
12. Make sure that all threats are marked check, then click Remove Selected to begin removal of the malicious files.
13. Exit AntiMalware Apps and restart your computer.
14. Antivirus Monitor and all its files are now removed from your computer. To guard your computer from this threat and avoid future infections, you may want real-time protection from a full version of anti-malware program..