Antivirus Action Removal Guide

If you are looking for trouble camouflaged as help, then you have found it with Antivirus Action. This rogue antispyware is the latest clone of the well-known Security Suite scam, and uses completely fake and worthless yet legitimate looking software to trick unsuspecting users into paying for rubbish software. In fact, Antivirus Action will do everything in its power to convince its victims of its legitimacy, but despite all its efforts the fact remains that Antivirus Action is completely incapable of protecting a PC against any type of attack or threat, and is indeed a malicious and harmful threat in itself.

Antivirus Action will use advanced forms of infiltration to gain access to your PC, and will not relent until it is securely rooted in the system. Only then will Antivirus Action reveal its presence to the user, and start its attack against the system. Some of these infection tactics range from bogus online malware scanners to seditious browser hijackers, among other sly tactics.

This rogue will start its attack against the system by initiating an unwarranted and fake system scan. This fake system scan will inform the user that his system is being overrun by various distressing threats such as Trojan:VMalum AWS. The user will also soon be presented with fake security alerts in the form of incessant pop up messages. These are all designed to panic the user into thinking his system is under attack, and that by paying for Antivirus Action the fake software will be able to remove the threats and fix the PC, which is not the case. One of the most popular fake alerts used by Antivirus Action reads as follows:

Windows Security Alert
Windows reports that computer is infected. Antivirus software helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click here for the scan your computer. Your system might be at risk now.

As a further attack, Antivirus Action will not allow the user to connect to the Internet, as well as block his ability to execute applications on the infected PC. When the user attempts to launch an application he will be presented with the following fake alert preventing him from doing so, and informing him to activate Antivirus Action:

Security Warning
Application cannot be executed. The file notepad.exe is infected. Do you want to activate your antivirus software now.

What is more, Antivirus Action will configure the itself on the system to be a network proxy, which will allow it to randomly generate fake security warnings when the user attempts to launch a web browser:

Internet Explorer warning - visiting this site may harm your computer! Most likely causes:

• The website contains exploits that can launch a malicious code on your computer
• Suspicious network activity detected
• There might be an active spyware running on your computer

In order to limit the damage this rogue will be able to cause to your PC, it is imperative to destroy Antivirus Action before it gets too big a hold on your PC. You can easily and safely do this by investing in a powerful security tool which will adequately protect your PC against similar attacks in future.