How to Remove Antivirus Soft [Removal Guide]

This guide will give you easy instructions on how to uninstall or get rid Antivirus Soft for free.


What is Antivirus Soft? (Information)

Antivirus Soft is a fake security software which uses fraudulent strategies by displaying false or exaggerated security issues on your computer rather than any legitimate ones to coerce you into purchasing their software.

Antivirus Soft is a new malicious specimen from the same group of fake antivirus software as Antivirus System Pro and Antivirus Live. It may be sometimes referred to as "Antivirus Soft Demo".

When it installs, it causes inevitable system mutation and annoying insecure activity of ransomware. It will then will trigger a large number of its obsessive and misleading notices such as fake infections and alerts like bankerfox.a and win32 nuqel.e. to trick you to believe of exposing multiple infections on the compromised computer. Upon completion of this disinformation attack, it will suggest that you buy a full version of it's product. Please do not fall of this scam and follow our removal guide to get rid of it completely.


Antivirus Soft Screenshot




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O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [[random file name]] "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\[random file name]\[random file name]sguard.exe


Antivirus Soft items:

C:\Documents and Settings\GeekPolice VM\Local Settings\Application Data\[random file name]\[random file name]sysguard.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyOverride" = ""
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:5555"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random file name]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random file name]"

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Follow these instructions to continue:

You have to start computer in Safe Mode by doing the following:

• Restart your computer
  
• After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, keep tapping F8.
  
• Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear
  
• Select the first option, to run Windows in Safe Mode with Networking.

Please start Internet Explorer, and when the program is open, click on the Tools menu and then select Internet Options.

• Now click on the Connections tab and then the Lan Settings button
  
• Under the Proxy Server section, please uncheck the checkbox labeled Use a proxy server for your LAN.
  
• Click the OK button to close this screen. Then press the Apply button and then the OK button to close the Internet Options screen. Now that you have disabled the proxy server you will be able to browse the web again with Internet Explorer.

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1. Please download this removal tool: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

If you are having problems downloading from the link above, click here:


Spoiler:

Download from here only if you have problems downloading from the link above.

2. Extract the file and install Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware by double clicking on winlogon.exe

3. Follow the prompts. Make sure that Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware are checked. Then click finish.

4. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.

If you are having problems with the updater, you can use this link to manually update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware with the latest database

Spoiler:

• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malwares' latest database
  

Download the Full database to your Desktop or to your usual Download Folder and install it by double clicking the file. Make sure that Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is closed before installing the update.

5. Close ALL open Windows, Programs, File or Folders.

6. Make sure you are on the Scanner tab. Select Perform quick scan then click the Scan button as shown above.

7. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for infected files as shown below.



8. When the scan is finished a message box will appear, click Ok to continue.

9. Click Show Results.


10. You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections like shown below. Yours may look different depending on the infection you have.

11. Click on Remove selected


12. When removing the files, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware may require you to restart the computer in order to do a complete removal. If it dȋsplay a message stating that it needs to restart, please allow it to do so.

13. After that you can close the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware window, your computer is now cleaned.

To protect your computer from future threats like this, you may want to consider purchasing the Pro version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware with real-time protection from this link.

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Thank you so much for this removal guide, it worked a charm and removed Antivirus Soft in 15 minutes. I registered here just to say thank you and to other people that this actually works!

Cheers

Just did this exactly as the instructions explained. It appears to have worked perfectly to get rid of the issue. I'm still a bit cautious, but after the restart I turned my firewall back on, reactivated my antivirus and it appears I'm issue free. I highly recommend this guide and this program.

I was using facebook today... but nothing else i can think of where I downloaded this virus.

It could have come from any random site you've gone to. If you look for lyrics to a song, try to find a new cooking recipe or try to find the answers to your math homework, you're bound to pick up something. It could be a cookie, it could be a trojan. There's never really any telling where you get these viruses...unless you're addicted to porn websites. They're loaded with them. Other than that, I'm out of ideas. But doing this will get rid of your virus, along with anything else you might have waiting to unload into your CPU.

My computer just won't let the program work, anything I try keeps getting blocked by the virus

You have to run the program in safe mode. If you run it on standard windows mode, everything will get shut down by it. Restart, put it in safe mode and then run Malwarebytes. When you're in safe mode, the only things running are the necessary components to substantiate minimal CPU effort, so the virus will be asleep until you catch it.

boxedguy wrote:You have to run the program in safe mode. If you run it on standard windows mode, everything will get shut down by it. Restart, put it in safe mode and then run Malwarebytes. When you're in safe mode, the only things running are the necessary components to substantiate minimal CPU effort, so the virus will be asleep until you catch it.

This is my problem exactly. I CANNOT boot my computer in safe mode. I have tried many times, and every time i do it, my computer just crashes. I am completely unable to reboot in safe mode or safe mode with networking. Any help pls?

Not trying to insinuate your lack of knowledge on the subject, but what are you doing to attempt to boot into safemode? Usually computers are all the same...F8 before it boots. Problem is it's all about timing. I do know, however, that too much rebooting in a short amount of time will cause the computer to have issues loading. If you're 100% sure that you're trying safemode boot correctly and it still crashes, get your recovery CD's out and get ready for a reformat. If nothing else works, you'll have to do a wipe. I don't recommend trying to recovery any files like pictures or music because those files could also have become infected. If you absoƖute can NOT get into safemode, you must reformat. Sorry

Ok so I downloaded Malwarebytes and eliminated 70 some odd bits of malware. I THOUGHT it would have gotten rid of this "Antivirus-Soft" application, but as soon as I restarted and everything loaded up, Antivirus-Soft came right back up and started doing its thing again. It keeps telling me about 'BankerFox.A and Win32/Nuqel.E. How do I get rid of this thing for good? Please assist!!!

This thing is driving me crazy! it wont let me download the malawarebytes, or any other spyware malaware program. everytime i try to download or run my avg, and spybot. the antivirus soft program blocks me from downloading anything! please help me!!!!! how can i remove it if i cant download anything, or use the ones i have to remove it?!?

^^ Same problem.....

Here's the issue I had:

I couldn't get my computer into safemode. When I restarted my computer I had approximately 60 seconds before I couldn't do -anything-. I downloaded the program on one of my good computers (if you don't have at least 1 other, try a library) and put the downloaded .exe file on a flash drive. Then when you first load up the computer, extract the files and install as fast as possible. Ideally, however, putting it into safemode is the safest and easiest option. I can't stress that enough. You HAVE to figure out how to get your computer into safe mode in order to make this process easy. The virus shouldn't do anything while safemode is running.

I used these instructions after trying to run the exact malware software myself first (which did not work) until I did the update as you recommended (in Safe Mode, I just keep tapping F8 during start, gently), and it finally got rid of the thing. So yeah, follow the instructions EXACTLY, read each piece and do it, and completely to safely get to the internet and get the updates to the malware downloaded. What a waste of a day! Thanks for being there!

YES! This totally worked! I thought I was going to have to do a complete system restore, but I followed these instructions EXACTLY and now my computer is good to go.

Thanks so much!!