Apr 25, 2009

Remove Advanced Spyware Detect - Advanced Spyware Detect Removal Instructions

Advanced Spyware Detect is application that pretends to be legitimate antispyware tool. But in reality it is another rogue antispyware application that displays nonexistent infections on your computer. Advanced Spyware Detect is promoted through the use of Trojan horses and fake online antimalware scanners. Once Advanced Spyware Detect gets in touch with your system it will configure itself to run automatically every boot up. Also it will perform full system scan and list you variety of infections that cannot be removed until you first purchase licensed version. But you must remember that all detected “infections” in fact are legitimate files. Don’t pay for Advanced Spyware Detect, remove it as soon as possible manually or using automatic removal tool.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Critical
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How to remove Advanced Spyware Detect manually:
It's possible to remove Advanced Spyware Detect manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\alert.wav
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\asd.chm
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\asd.exe
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\asd.exe.manifest
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\asd.log
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\av.db
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\sqlite3.dll
c:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\wallpapper.jpg
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Advansed Spyware Detector
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Advansed Spyware Detector\Advansed Spyware Detector Help.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Advansed Spyware Detector\Advansed Spyware Detector.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Advansed Spyware Detector\Uninstall.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Manual scanner.lnk


Remove registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdvSpywareDetect
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" => "http://samorukova.com?id=1228468452073"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Userinit" => "C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,C:\Program Files\Advansed Spyware Detector\asd.exe -m"


Please be careful because manual removal of Advanced Spyware Detect 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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