Alpha Antivirus (aka. AlphaAntiVirus and Alpha AV) is a fake anti-spyware program which is usually installed by a trojan or downloaded one of many fraudulent Fake Scanner Sites.
Alpha Antivirus displays fake system messages and pretends to catch / block malicious intrusions. In an effort to block removal, AlphaAntivirus sometimes packs a trojan of its own which attempts to block real antivirus programs from running, giving off error messages whenever you try to run a program or simply shutting them down. Once installed, Alpha Antivirus performs a system scan and displays exaggerated fake results:
Alpha Antivirus can hijack Internet Explorer and prevent the user from visiting certain websites and display a warning page instead. Below is a sample of the fake error messages that Alpha Antivirus displays:
Threat type: Malware, Hi-Jacker, Rogue, Spyware
Advice: Remove Immediately! This is a very high risk threat and should be removed ASAP as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.
Detection:
SpyNoMore removes AlphaAntivirus: Yes
Threat risk: High Risk
Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.
Symptoms:
- Popup messages claiming that your computer is infected.
- Installation of Alpha Antivirus without your consent.
- Can block antivirus programs.
- Can block access to antivirus websites.
Fakes warning messages:
like: "W32.Ackantta.B@mm", "Tojan.Mdropper.AC", "W32.Pavsec.C", "Trojan.Wincod", "W32.SillyFDC.BAZ".
Alpha Antivirus Signature Details:
The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat.
Running Process Signatures:
- svchasts.exe
- Windows Police Pro.exe
- alphaav.exe
- alpha.exe
File Signatures:
- msvcm80.dll
- msvcp80.dll
- msvcr80.dll
- windows Police Pro.exe
- ppp3.dat
- ppp4.dat
- svchasts.exe
- bennuar.old
- dddesot.dll
- desote.exe
- sonhelp.htm
- sysnet.dat
Internet Explorer Integration: Yes
Alpha Antivirus Removal Instructions For XP
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Note: The following instructions have proven to be effective for XP users and are a good example of a typical malware removal process.
1. Hit Ctrl Shift and Esc at the same time and bring up your task manager and choose the processes tab and look for XPAntivirus.exe, XPAntivirusUpdate.exe,
xpa.exe, xpa2008.exe
Right-click on them and choose end process. If it won't let you end the process.Download this free malware killer called Pocket Killbox and read the instructions and use it to kill malicious processes and hunt down infected files and delete them for good.
Download: http://www.killbox.net/downloads/KillBox.exe
Instructions: http://www.killbox.net/help.html
2. When you’re done shutting them down click on [File] at the top left corner of your task manager and choose New Task (Run).
Type msconfig and hit Ok. Go in BOOT.INI tab and tick both "Safe boot" and to the right of that "Networking" and hit Apply and Close.(It will boot in "Safe with networking mode" Choose Administrator)
3.While in "Safe with networking mode" download Malwarebytes.
(Free) http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol
**Note: If you already have Malwarebytes installed and it won't run, go in it's program file and right-click on the red mbam app and rename it mbam.bat then right-click and choose Send to-> Desktop (create shortcut) now close out of everything and go to your desktop and use that application to launch M-Bam for now on.
4. Right-click on the mbam setup app you downloaded and rename it xxxx then Double-click on it and install and update it and run a full scan and delete/quarantine all entities it finds and restart if it asks? **Note: If it won't update use this link to download and install the latest rules:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/database/mbam-rules.exe
5. Go to Start,Run,type msconfig and hit ok. Go in BOOT.INI tab and un-tick Safe Boot and then go in the Startup tab and uncheck all programs not needed at startup (Only check programs you want running all the time like antivirus,IM,etc) " Less is better in this case" and hit apply,close,restart. Your computer will boot normally and on your desktop a window will popup,check "Don't show this message" box and hit ok.
6.Download BitDefender free antivirus and install,update,and depending on time run either a "Deep System" scan which takes hours and cleans everything or a "Full System" scan that takes minutes and will shut down most malware till you can run a deep scan?
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-Free-Edition.html
Additional Information:
Microsoft How To Get Rid Of Malware Instructions
Malicious Software Removal Tool
http://www.pchell.com/virus/malicioussoftwareremovaltool.shtml
Conclusion:
Alpha AntiVirus is a aerious threat to your personal information and PC security.
It can be difficult to remove and if these manual removal instructions have failed to remove Alpha AntiVirus then you clearly need to a professional solution.
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