AV Protection 2011 virus

What is AV Protection 2011?

AV Protection 2011 is a fake program derived from a large family of misleading computer security scanners. Previous versions were named AV Security, System Security 2012, and AV Protection Online. Like its predecessors, AV Protection 2011 is proliferated through Trojans, misleading websites, non legitimate updates, and other rogue methods.

AV Protection 2011 self-installs on your computer by exploiting security vulnerabilities, and then starts a fake security scan. On completion of the scan, you will be provided  with a list of supposedly 'detected' infections.

This list of detections is fake - AV Protection 2011 uses this list to scare you into believing that your computer has serious security issues.

Internet criminals have developed this program with one intention - to steal money from your credit card account. After you click the 'Remove Threats' button, you are asked to purchase a full version of AV Protection 2011 in order to remove the 'detected' security threats.

Do not buy this bogus security scanner - it is a useless program. AV Protection 2011 does not scan your PC for security threats - the process is imitated in order to scare you.

Ignore the fake security scans and warning messages displayed by AV Protection 2011 and remove it from your computer immediately. This misleading software is derived from a large family of rogue antivirus programs, the members of whom, proliferate programs that share the same interface.

You should be especially careful whilst choosing a security program for your PC, since the Internet is full of fake ones which detect non existent security threats and attempt to coerce users into purchasing their useless license keys.

The following fake security warning pop-ups are displayed on computers infected with AV Protection 2011:

"Windows Security Alert. To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program. Do you want to keep blocking this program? Name: Zeus Trojan Publisher: Unauthorized."

"Warning! Infection found. Unwanted software (malware) or tracking cookies have been found during last scan. It is highly recommended to remove it from your computer. Keylogger Zeus was detected and put in quarantine. Keylogger Zeus is very dangerous software used by criminals to steal personal data such as credit card information, access to banking accounts, passwords to social networks and e-mails."

"Warning! The file "taskmgr.exe" is infected. Running of applications is impossible. Please activate your antivirus software."

"Security Warning. Malicious programs that may steal your private information and prevent your system from working properly are detected on your computer. Click here to clean your PC immediately."

These security warning messages are fake. If you notice that your computer is infected with AV Protection 2011, you should remove it immediately.

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Quick menu:

• What is AV Protection 2011?
• STEP 1. Remove AV Protection 2011 using a registration key.
• STEP 2. Remove AV Protection 2011 using Safe Mode with Networking.

AV Protection 2011 removal:

Step 1
Enter any one of these AV Protection 2011 activation keys in the registration window. Click the 'Enter Activation key' button located at the bottom-left corner of the main program window and paste only one of these keys (each key is in separate line):

 
9992665263
9972439689
1171249582
2294654156
2343258649
2961332892

When the registration key is entered, AV Protection 2011 will behave as if you have purchased it and will stop generating fake warnings. It will also enable some previously disabled Windows features.

Note that registering this program will not remove it from your PC. It will simply disable the fake warnings.

Step 2
This infection is known to modify your proxy settings. It intercepts your connection to the Internet and you may not be able to access some Internet resources.

To fix this, download and run the proxy removal tool. This tool runs automatically - simply double click it and it will do the job.

The download link is below:

After fixing the proxy settings, you will be able to download the spyware remover

Step 3
Download, install and run the spyware removal tool. It will scan your computer for AV Protection 2011 and other malware infections.

If you cannot download or run the spyware remover, try running the registry fix (link below). It enables execution of programs. Download the registryfix.reg file, double click it, click YES, and then OK.

If installation fails, you can try downloading the customized installer developed by our technicians to bypass the AV Protection 2011 spyware infection. Your browser may report that this file is unsafe. Please ignore these warnings. Download customized installer

AV Protection 2011 removal instructions (on infected computer):

1. Start your computer in Safe Mode. Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart, click OK.

During your computer starting process press the F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see the Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe Mode with Networking from the list.

2. Open Internet Explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select "Connections".

3.Click LAN settings, if 'Use a proxy server for your LAN' is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

4. Download HijackThis and save it to your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis, so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog, rename HijackThis.exe to iexplore.exe and only then click the Save button.

After saving the file to your desktop, double click it. In the main HijackThis window click the “Do a system scan only” button. Select the following entries (place a tick at the left of the entries):

O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 bing.com
O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 facebook.com
O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 google.com
O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 yahoo.com
O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 bing.com
O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 facebook.com
O1 - Hosts: 46.4.179.109 yahoo.com
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [] C:\WINDOWS\system32\AV Protection 2011v121.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [] C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\dwme.exe

After selecting the required entries, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure, you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

5. Download legitimate anti-spyware software to fully remove AV Protection 2011 from your computer.

Other tools known to remove AV Protection 2011:

• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

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