AntivirusPCSuite malware description and removal detail
Categories:Ransomware
Visible Symptoms: Files in system folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntiSpywareSuite\pgs.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntivirusPCSuite\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AVSystemCare\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustedProtection\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntiSpywareSuite\pgs.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntivirusPCSuite\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AVSystemCare\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustedProtection\Addons\popupg.dll
In order to ensure that the AntivirusPCSuite is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the AntivirusPCSuite adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntiSpywareSuite\pgs.exe Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista
Detecting AntivirusPCSuite:
Files:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntiSpywareSuite\pgs.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntivirusPCSuite\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AVSystemCare\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustedProtection\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntiSpywareSuite\pgs.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntivirusPCSuite\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AVSystemCare\Addons\popupg.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\TrustedProtection\Addons\popupg.dll
Folders:
[%APPDATA%]\AntivirusPCSuite
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\AntivirusPCSuite
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\AntivirusPCSuite
[%PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON%]\AntivirusPCSuite
Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D3B4C621-6024-410B-9F0F-22CBD6981F5E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AntivirusPCSuite
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D3B4C621-6024-410B-9F0F-22CBD6981F5E}
Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Removing AntivirusPCSuite:
An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from AntivirusPCSuite.
If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove AntivirusPCSuite manually.
To completely manually remove AntivirusPCSuite malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with AntivirusPCSuite.
- Use Task Manager to terminate the AntivirusPCSuite process.
- Delete the original AntivirusPCSuite file and folders.
- Delete the system registry key parameters
- Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.
We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.
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