Dealing With A Computer Virus Can Be An Absolute Nightmare
By: Jay Stamford
Submitted: 2011-02-18 08:01:52 | Word Count: 647
The overwhelming majority of us have to deal with pc's for one thing or other in our life, and unless the very last time you worked with a computer was in the late 70s, you've heard about computer viruses that are disguised as anti-malware products. Do not be hasty to dismiss these as hoaxes; viruses veiled as reliable anti-malware programs are a bona fide danger for everyone who utilizes the web. One of the nastiest of these risks is Antivirus Action. It infects you in so many ways however it is particularly difficult to get rid of Antivirus Action.
The Virus is rather expertly disguised, it even has a GUI also you will even see an option to uninstall Antivirus Action. Do not waste your time even trying though, the uninstall option is just for show, it does not actually get rid of Antivirus Action. The malware spreads all over your system so that it can't be removed just by deleting a few files. You can't wait too long before you try to deal with it either, for the reason that while it's on your system, it seeks out as much sensitive data as it can and sends it out to less than honest people, who then make money selling it.
Antivirus Action removal is one thing that you can't delay, but it is very difficult to do. It would be better if you never got the malware at all. There are certain things you should keep away from doing if possible:
Do not add people you don't know to you social networks such as MySpace and Facebook.
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Do not browse websites that you do not know anything about, they may contain browser hijackers; these are usually the first stage of infection.
Do not install any type of freeware or shareware that you haven't heard about from friends who are advanced Computer users.
You should also know how the virus actually infects you. To begin with, you will be flooded with pop-ups, all but demanding that you install a certain application in order to eliminate a certain threat. What's odd is that the pop-ups will appear even when you aren't connected to the Internet, that's because a browser hijacker is at work. The last thing you should do when this happens is to give in to the pop-ups, the program they are asking you to download is actually the virus.
There are a few brave, but arguably impulsive souls who try to delete Antivirus Action manually. It's a painstaking process that involves three steps:
The virus will have an executable file, so there will be.exe and.bat files associated with the virus, they need to be deleted.
Because it's a program that exists in Windows, it needs.dll and.lnk files too, these will need to be removed as well.
The virus will want to load every time you boot, so it will write itself into the system registry, there will be entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER folders, they will need to be removed as well.
The big problem with manual removal is that you really need to be extremely thorough. If you miss anything, the virus will simply replicate itself and spread again. If you want to remove Antivirus Action totally, it's best to use an anti spyware tool. Look online for reviews of the best anti spyware software that you can find and be sure to download it staright away. Removal tools are thorough in ways that manually removal can't, what's more, they know exactly what they are looking for. The great thing about removal tools is that they defend your system against similar problems down the line.
