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Need to Remove "Alpha Antivirus"? Don't make the same mistakes I did! Alpha Antivirus is a dangerous Rogue Antispyware Program that is extremely difficult to remove. The program uses sneaky, aggressive advertising techniques to con users into installing it and/or purchasing the bogus "full" version. I know because I was infected with it. I battled this nasty program over the course of several days - I tried manual removal and quite a few removal tools and not a single one of them ended up working. I was beyond frustrated. Then I was introduced to Spyware Doctor by a computer friend of mine and literally within a few minutes I was rid of Alpha Antivirus for good. Because of my experience, I decided to put up this informational website to share the exact steps I used to remove Alpha Antivirus so that others won't have to go through the same struggles and frustation that I did. These steps must be followed exactly if you are to completey remove Alpha Antivirus:
Additional Alpha Antivirus Information: What is Alpha Antivirus? Alpha Antivirus is a rogue antispyware program that is designed to get you to purchase a fully licensed, registered version of the software through various aggressive advertising techniques and scare tactics. **Note that Alpha Antivirus is NOT a legitimate spyware
removal software and is actually spyware itself** Alpha Antivirus will typically infect your computer via one of two methods: 1. Trojan - if you are already infected with a Trojan (most likely the Vundo Trojan), you will then receive persistent popups that state that your computer is infected and you need to install Alpha Antivirus in order to protect your computer. 2. Fake Advertising - when visiting certain websites, you will see popups from the site that will tell you that your computer is infected and you need to install Alpha Antivirus to protect yourself. Once downloaded and installed, Alpha Antivirus will configure itself to always run in the background by starting up automatically each time you reboot and start Windows. The program will then perform a scan of your computer and those scan results will show that you have a number of infections present. The problem however, is that those scan results list files and folders that are either non-existent or that are actual legitimate Windows files that it needs to run properly. If the legitimate files end up being deleted, your computer may cease to function. Also, while it is running you will continue to see persistent fake security alerts informing you that your computer has any number of security risks - including files that have been changed or data being sent over the internet to a remote host. All of the scan results and alerts are false and are only designed to get you to purchase a licensed version of this bogus antispyware software. Effects on Your computer: - General Slowness Critical Information! - In addition to the above, Cyber Security is also capable of logging keystrokes, recording your websites visited, browsing habits, etc. and can send that information over the intenet to a remote server where a hacker then uses that data to gain access to your PIN numbers, passwords, credit cards, bank accounts, and ultimately your identity. Screenshots:
Manual Removal (Not Recommended): *Manual removal is not recommended unless you are a trained technician as deleting legitimate files inadvertently and editing your system's registry can cause even more issues and can even cause your computer to become inoperable* If you are a trained computer professional, you can attempt to remove Alpha Antivirus by stopping the following process and removing the following files and regsitry entries: Processes: alphaav.exe Files: c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\AlphaAV Registry Entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A77D3539-581D-450C-9E44-A84C415A6172} Prevention of Future Attacks/Infections: Ensure you have IntelliGuard running on Spyware Doctor. This is their real time protection agent - it is the most advanced real-time protection you will find anywhere. This will block all future spyware and malware from ever getting onto your computer by stopping them at the source rather than waiting until it infects your computer and then removing the infection.
*Disclaimer - the information presented in the manual removal section of this guide is meant to be used as an aid to assist you with removing spyware infections by yourself and is to be used at your own risk. As stated, we do not recommend manual spyware removal in any situation as this can cause any number of additional problems with your computer, including causing your computer to stop functioning altogether. As such, removaltool.org cannot be held responsible for problems that may occur with any manual spyware removal process that you willfully choose to engage in.* | ||||||||||
