Antivirus 360 is a brand newfake spyware remover. The nameAntivirus 360 sounds verysimilar to respected securitytool Norton 360 by SymantecApplication makes its own wayinto users computer via trojanZlob or by manual download.After installation, parasite,flood user with numerouspop-ups with imaginary virusinfection. We can now add Antivirus 360, a clone of Antivirus 2009, to the massive number of rogue security applications currently circulating on the Internet, seeking out unaware users in order to steal their money. This is NOT the all-in-one security tool, Norton 360 from Symantec. Instead it’s another “gift”, from the well know hacker group the Russian Federation. Unfortunately, Antivirus 360 can be installed on a computer system without any action on the part of the user. Delivery methods used by this parasite include dropping a Trojan, in this case the infamous Zlob Trojan or Vundo Trojan and Internet Browser security holes. It can also be downloaded voluntarily, from rogue security software websites such as livepc-update.com, bonus-protection.com, or from “adult” websites. Once installed this parasite can impact a computer in a number of ways including changing Internet browser settings, connecting to the internet, delivering adware, disguising itself to remain hidden from the user, and running as a background process. The objective of Antivirus 360, which is the objective of all Rogue Security Software, is to convince the victim to pay for the “full” version of the application in order to remove what are, in fact, false positives that this program is designed to display on the infected computer in various ways, including fake scan results, pop-ups and system tray notifications. Rogue Security Software unfortunately, is generally very sophisticated and can write itself into multiple parts of the operating system, and in many cases, it can hide its files, registry entries, running process and services, making the infection difficult to find, and extremely difficult to remove. If you are a victim of Antivirus 360, or other Rogue Security Software, the following removal solutions will be invaluable.
Removal Solutions: Bleeping Computer is a web site where help is available for many computer related problems, including the removal of this particular rogue software. Malwarebytes, a very reliable anti-malware company, has created a free application to help keep you safe and secure. RogueRemover will safely remove a number of rogue security applications. You will also have the option of downloading the free version of Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, a highly rated anti-malware application which is capable of removing many newer rogue applications, including Antivirus 360. SmitFraudFix, available for download at Geekstogo is a free tool that is continuously updated to assist victims of rogue security applications including the removal of Perfect Defender 2009. Despite using any, or all, of the recommended tools, you may find that the Zlob Trojan is still resident on your system. This is possible due to the huge number of variations involved with this malware.
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