A-fast Antivirus Adware Removal Instructions
The Emsisoft malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the A-fast Antivirus adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.AFastAntivirus.
A-fast Antivirus is a rogue security program come from hxxp://www.a-fast .com. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive/misleading scan results report, which says that your computer is infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to delete them before you purchase.
Create new files:
- %ProgramFiles%\A-fast\A-fast.exe
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\A-fast Antivirus.lnk
Create new registry entries:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\A-fast
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\A-fast\Activation
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\A-fast\Security
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, “fast”
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How to remove the infection of A-fast Antivirus (Adware.Win32.AFastAntivirus)?
To delete this malware infection, please download and install Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine.
Tags: AFastAntivirus, Rogue