The Emsi Software malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the Antivirus Soft adware. a-squared Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.AntivirusSoft.

Antivirus Soft is a rogue security program, come from hxxp:// newsoftspot.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 file:

• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\%random%\%random%sftav.exe

Create new registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avsoft
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, %random%
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, %random%

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How to remove the infection of Antivirus Soft (Adware.Win32.AntivirusSoft)?

To delete this malware infection, please download and install a-squared Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine.