How to Remove Alpha Antivirus
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New Rogue Security Software - Alpha Antivirus
There is a new rogue among us. It appears that Alpha Antivirus has replaced Personal Antivirus as one of the latest rogue security programs. This particular rogue installs through online "scans" (popups.) The reason I say "scans" is they're essentially animations of a scan (every one that visits the site will see the same thing even if you visit from a non windows OS which is somewhat amusing...) But, those details could certainly be changed. Who knows someday they may randomize their animations of scans and alter them to match other operating systems if they start to get fancy. Anyway, like many of the rogues that we've been covering their goal is to scare you into downloading and then paying for Alpha Antivirus by providing scan results that appear to indicate a security problem with your computer that only they can fix if you pay. In addition to this "fun", Alpha Antivirus also drops a password stealing trojan. Those online banking passwords are more valuable than the fee for this software I suspect. Read on to see how to remove alpha antivirus.
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First off, the following domains are associated with Alpha Antivirus:
Mycomputerthreats15 com
Securewinupdatesv3 com
Statickingdom com
Windowsprotectionupdate4 com
Blog them however you wish, but you should not visit those sites without the biohazard suit and rubber gloves!
In addition to the "features" listed above of stealing passwords and the false security warnings trying to coax you into paying for it. It also slows your computer down, redirects your web browser to malicious sites and may be able to disable legitimate computer security programs (antivirus/antispyware.)
I would suggest first trying to download and run malwarebytes antimalware from my virus removal toolkit page. If you are not able to run and update it in a normal Windows Boot, retry in safemode and if that doesn't work, you may need to rename the installer file or program executable to get it on the system. Another alternative is the first step of manual removal:
In the task manager look for and kill off the following process:
Alpha Antivirus.exe
(After this you may/should be able to run malwarebytes.)
If continuing with the manual removal then you will want to delete files in the following locations:
%SysRoot%\Samples
%UserProf%\Local Settings\Temp
%ProgFiles%\Alpha Antivirus
%ProgFiles%\LabelCommand
%DocRoot%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Alpha Antivirus
%DocRoot%\All Users\Application Data\Alpha Antivirus
Alpha Antivirus.exe
The executable may need to be searched for. My first guess would be to look in the above directories, or the system root directory. Following that the Windows install directory and the system32 directory beneath the Windows Install directory. If you still can't find the Alpha Antivirus.exe file then you may need to use the search feature to search for it (make sure you're searching all files.)
After a manual removal of alpha antivirus it's still a good idea to update and run malwarebytes antimalware to ensure that you clean up any leftovers or other files brought by this rogue security program.
Mycomputerthreats15 com
Securewinupdatesv3 com
Statickingdom com
Windowsprotectionupdate4 com
Blog them however you wish, but you should not visit those sites without the biohazard suit and rubber gloves!
In addition to the "features" listed above of stealing passwords and the false security warnings trying to coax you into paying for it. It also slows your computer down, redirects your web browser to malicious sites and may be able to disable legitimate computer security programs (antivirus/antispyware.)
I would suggest first trying to download and run malwarebytes antimalware from my virus removal toolkit page. If you are not able to run and update it in a normal Windows Boot, retry in safemode and if that doesn't work, you may need to rename the installer file or program executable to get it on the system. Another alternative is the first step of manual removal:
In the task manager look for and kill off the following process:
Alpha Antivirus.exe
(After this you may/should be able to run malwarebytes.)
If continuing with the manual removal then you will want to delete files in the following locations:
%SysRoot%\Samples
%UserProf%\Local Settings\Temp
%ProgFiles%\Alpha Antivirus
%ProgFiles%\LabelCommand
%DocRoot%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Alpha Antivirus
%DocRoot%\All Users\Application Data\Alpha Antivirus
Alpha Antivirus.exe
The executable may need to be searched for. My first guess would be to look in the above directories, or the system root directory. Following that the Windows install directory and the system32 directory beneath the Windows Install directory. If you still can't find the Alpha Antivirus.exe file then you may need to use the search feature to search for it (make sure you're searching all files.)
After a manual removal of alpha antivirus it's still a good idea to update and run malwarebytes antimalware to ensure that you clean up any leftovers or other files brought by this rogue security program.
Rogue Security Blog Posts from Google
- Hacked Symantec Security Software Goes Rogue
- By Anthony Myers: Subscribe to Anthony's RSS feed Symantec security software was hacked back in 2006, and now the anti-virus software maker says it didn't even know the source code for pcAnywhere, a remote access program, was even gone.
- Security Scanner (Rogue AntiSpyware App) Blocks Internet Access & Steals PC ...
- Security Scanner basically acts like a thief that holds you up for upwards of $60 and gets away with a clean escape. Security Scanner belongs to the same rogue anti-spyware family as Security Tool, Security Shield, Security Shield 2011, ...
- Cybercriminals Cast a Wide Net in January, Targeting a Broad Range of Victims
- CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GFI Software today released its VIPRE(R) Report for January 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month. Last month saw malware attacks targeting a wide ...
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