Filed under: Security, Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Remove Fake Antivirus cleans up Personal Antivirus, Antivirus 360, and other rogues
by Lee Mathews Oct 19th 2009 at 2:00PM
Rogue antivirus programs are extremely annoying. Yes, they keep me both busy and paid all week at my day job as a computer technician, but I'd love it if my customers could stay out of trouble for a little while.
If they can't, at least I've found a new tool that makes cleaning up after this kind of infection a bit easier. Remove Fake Antivirus is a free app that carries on in the fine tradition of programs like SmitFraudFix.
It's a no-nonsense app which requires very little interaction. Click the start button and then answer yes to the prompt you see above, and that's about it. Just sit back and watch RFA work. It can uproot many of the rogues I confront on a daily basis, including:
If they can't, at least I've found a new tool that makes cleaning up after this kind of infection a bit easier. Remove Fake Antivirus is a free app that carries on in the fine tradition of programs like SmitFraudFix.
It's a no-nonsense app which requires very little interaction. Click the start button and then answer yes to the prompt you see above, and that's about it. Just sit back and watch RFA work. It can uproot many of the rogues I confront on a daily basis, including:
- Personal Antivirus
- Antivirus 2009 and 2010
- Antivirus 360
- MS Antispyware 2009
- Malware Doctor
- Antivirus BEST
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
richard.gailey said 3:02PM on 10-19-2009
Nice little program to keep with me on my stick.
Thanks.
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Rocketboy_X said 3:26PM on 10-19-2009
Just wait until there's a Fake Remove Fake Antivirus.
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ne0hybrid said 12:36PM on 10-20-2009
Well, I ran it, and it killed my main windows service and forced a restart. When the PC came back up, I had no internet connection. Warnings should be posted.
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soop said 4:24AM on 10-21-2009
I think you just have :)
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