The Emsi Software malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the AV Security Suite adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.AVSecuritySuite.

AV Security Suite is a rogue security program, this is a new variant from Antivirus Suite, and Antivirus Soft. 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%.exe

Create new registry entries:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\avsoft
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\avsuite
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avsoft
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\avsuite
• 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 AV Security Suite (Adware.Win32.AVSecuritySuite)?

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.