N Ideologics

It’s that time of the year again – the plethora of fake Antivirus applications is growing. Recently I’ve noticed many of my customers getting caught with this one.

Antivirus 2010 is usually caught from less-than-trustworthy websites. It disguises itself as a virus & spyware scanner. After it ’scans’ your computer it reports many dangerous viruses that need to be removed. This year, the designers have gone a step further and introduced a fake blue screen of death, and security center alerts.

To remove Antivirus 2010, simply follow these instructions:

1. First, you can try System Restore to restore yourself to a day when the virus wasn’t present. In many cases, this works. Otherwise continue to the next step.
2. Download and install Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware from here.
3. Once installed, Anti-Malware should start. If it doesn’t, load it manually.
4. Make sure you’re on the ‘Scanner’ tab. Select ‘Perform full scan’ and then click Scan.
5. Sit back and have a cuppa!
6. When it has finished, click the ‘Show Results’ button.
7. Make sure everything in the list is selected, and click ‘Remove Selected’.

At this point, Antivirus 2010 should be gone. If it isn’t, leave a comment and I’ll try to assist further.

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