Anti-Virus-1 Removal
Anti-Virus-1 is a fake or rogue antispyware program. This malware is typically spread by fake online scanners that pretend to scan your system, resulting in fake infections. The user is then prompted to purchase a full version of Anti-Virus-1 to remove the infections. The full version of the program is a scam as well, and will only consume system resources and continue to produce false security alerts and notifications.
Another unique Caveat of Anti-Virus-1 Malware is that it will run a Screensaver appearing to be a Blue Screen of Death, containing text like: SPYWARE.MONSTER.FX_WILD has been detected.
Your computer may appear to crash and reboot displaying the following text under the Windows logo: Your Anti-virus-1 copy is unregistered. Microsoft Security recommends you to activate your antivirus protection software
Anti-Virus-1 Screenshot
How to Remove Anti-Virus-1 (Automatically)
- Download, install, and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Software
- Perform a Malwarebytes Quick Scan to automatically detect and remove Anti-Virus-1
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Software will remove this threat for Free. However, if your existing Antivirus solution let this threat through, I recommend Purchasing the Pro version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to receive live protection in an attempt to prevent future threats from entering your system.
How to Manually Remove Anti-Virus-1
- Locate and delete the following folders or files from your PC (if they exist):
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Anti-virus-1
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Anti-virus-1.lnk - Click Start, type Regedit and press Enter
- From your Registry, locate and delete the following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV1\AV1\{F275E931-AFEC-4f70-B0D4-CC2731B945E0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{29256442-2C14-48CA-B756-3EE0F8BDC774}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\QWProtect.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{70FEAD04-A7FD-4B89-B814-8A8251C90EF7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{051C9A06-FB08-486F-B09B-8B33B261637D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QWProtect.QWProtectBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{512E801E-2F02-4ADE-ACAA-58F08A22B2F8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{70FEAD04-A7FD-4B89-B814-8A8251C90EF7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Monitor calibration"
If all goes well, Anti-Virus-1 should now be uninstalled from your computer. 