Remove Nano Antivirus - Nano Antivirus Removal Instructions

Nano Antivirus is the latest counterfeit (rogue) anti-spyware from the Pro Antispyware 2009 family. Nano Antivirus uses two ways to get onto your computer: with a help of pop-ups which will appear while visiting certain web sites or with a help of Trojan horse which generate fake security alerts stating that your computer is seriously infected. And the only way to remove these threats is to download and install Nano Antivirus. Once installed, Nano Antivirus will perform system scan and popup another confirmation of infection on your computer. But this infection cannot be removed until you purchase full version of Nano Antivirus. But don’t fall in trap, all alerts and warnings are completely fake, and results of that scans are falsified. Also you may notice that your computer begin to run slower after Nano Antivirus was installed. That because Nano Antivirus uses a lot of system recourses. Security experts recommends to remove Nano Antivirus using automatical removal tool with free scan.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: High

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How to remove Nano Antivirus manually:
It's possible to remove Nano Antivirus manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions
* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus
* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus\BASE
* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus\DELETED
* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus\LOG
* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus\SAVED
* %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus\nanoav.exe

Remove registry entries:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Surround Software Solutions\Installer
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Surround Software Solutions\Nano Antivirus
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Nano Antivirus”
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\uninstall\Nano Antivirus 3.8

Please be careful because manual removal of Nano Antivirus 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.