Dec 26, 2008

Remove Astrum Antivirus Pro - Astrum Antivirus Pro Removal Instructions

Astrum Antivirus Pro is rogue antispyware program, sucessor of well known VirusTrigger and AntivirusTrigger. Astrum Antivirus Pro is usually downloaded and installed with a help of Trojan Horses, misleading websites, fake online spyware scaners, browser security holes. Once Astrum Antivirus Pro is installed it will generate fake Widows Security Center alerts and pop-ups stating that computer is infected with various spyware and malware. Also Astrum Antivirus Pro can perform system scan and list a lot of threats detected on PC. Moreover it may mark legitimate files as dangerous parasites to scare computer users and trick them into purchasing full version.
We strongly recommend you to remove Astrum Antivirus Pro as soon as possible manually or using automatical removal tool.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: Critical
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How to remove Astrum Antivirus Pro manually:
It's possible to remove Astrum Antivirus Pro manually , but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

%UserProfile%c:\Program Files\Astrumsoftware
%UserProfile%c:\Program Files\Astrumsoftware\Astrum.exe
%UserProfile%c:\Program Files\Astrumsoftware\uninst.exe
%UserProfile%%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6.lnk
%UserProfile%%UserProfile%\Desktop\Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6.lnk
%UserProfile%%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6.lnk
%UserProfile%%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6
%UserProfile%%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6\Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6.lnk


Remove registry entries:

%UserProfile%HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Astrumsoft
%UserProfile%HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{29E762AD-1B6F-3CB6-7F71-866F3E78180B}
%UserProfile%HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Astrumsoft
%UserProfile%HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Astrumsoft

Please be careful because manual removal of Astrum Antivirus Pro may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.

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