How to Remove Antivirus Action Malware
The Antivirus Action malware is a part of the Security Suite malware family, the Antivirus Action malware is a fake utility which will basically try to steal your money from you and leave your computer damaged at the same time. It is a fake utility application that pretends to help people look for infections but actually, it is a malware that installs itself through exploit kits. Once installed, it will then utilize Trojans that will download and install the Antivirus Action scam software.
When installed, the Antivirus Action scam utility will then be configured to start automatically as soon as you login to your computer.You will then be asked to fix your computer, however, the virus will not allow you to remove any files unless you purchase their software first. You should not purchase their product, contact your credit card company if you did send them your credit card details and cancel your purchase immediately, this is a scam software and you will not be able to get rid of the infections even if you purchase the Antivirus Action rogue utility.
The Antivirus Action Manual Removal Steps:
Please take the time to back up your system before you go through the manual removal steps. You need to keep in mind that any errors during the Antivirus Action file deletion will cause serious problem and this is why you need to double check everything first.
Associated Antivirus Action Files:
- %Temp%\<random>\
- %Temp%\<random>\<random>agnz.exe
- File Location Notes:
- %Temp% refers to the Windows Temp folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\Temp for Windows 95/98/ME, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\<Current User>\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp for Windows 2000/XP, and C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\Local\Temp for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Associated Antivirus Action Windows Registry Information:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\<random>
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter “Enabled” = “0”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:33921”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1”
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “<random>agnz.exe”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “<random>agnz.exe”
The Antivirus Action manual removal procedure may require a certain level of technical skill and it may be too complicated for new computer users. The lack of technical skill and the slightest error during the deletion may cause an irreparable system corruption. What’s more, undeleted files and objects that remain hidden may cause the virus to reanimate automatically after incomplete removal. For this reason it’s strongly advised that the removal of the Antivirus Action virus, which will save your time and avoid any system corruptions and ensure the desired result be utilized.
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