How to remove A-Fast Antivirus
A-Fast Antivirus description
A-Fast Antivirus is another rogue security tool. The parasite installs to user’s computer without any preliminary notice. At this point it will not ever ask for your approval before installing into your computer. What is more it spreads with a help of trojan, which enters the system through its vulnerable spots. Once this scamware successfully downloads onto user’s computer, it adds a number of files which are later “found” by A-Fast Antivirus and labeled infections.
Few examples of rogue threats:
System warning!
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Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC. It’s highly recommended you scan your PC right now.
Your computer is infected! Windows detected spyware infection!
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If you noticed that your computer started to work slower, or it is scanned by unknown security program which looks like legal, or your browser homepage is redirected to a site which advertises A-Fast Antivirus, or you keep getting security alerts that your computer is infected, you have to pay attention to these features, because it is a sign your PC might have an infection. However, do not purchase fake A-Fast Antivirus, because it is not a real anti-spyware application. Warnings you are getting are fabricated and you are safe to ignore it.
How to get rid of A-Fast Antivirus
This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.
Spyware Doctor is widely valued as one of the best AntiSpyware programs available to protect you from A-Fast Antivirus and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with A-Fast Antivirus we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.
How to manually remove A-Fast Antivirus
To get rid of spyware such as A-Fast Antivirus you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other A-Fast Antivirus related files from your computer.
Take Note: The manual process of removing spyware from your computer is difficult and puts you at risk of damaging your computer. We advise using our automatic A-Fast Antivirus remover.
- Uninstall A-Fast Antivirus from Control Panel
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall. - End these A-Fast Antivirus processes:
A-fast.exe
To stop processes press Ctrl + Alt + Del or click Start > Run > type "taskmgr". Select malicious process in the list and click "End Process" button. -
Delete A-Fast Antivirus registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A-fast
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DosableTaskMgr" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "fast"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List "C:\Program Files\A-fast\A-fast.exe"
To open registry editor click Start > Run > type "regedit".
Warning! Manual registry entries editing may cause damage to your system.
Download Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 to scan for registry errors. -
Search and delete these A-Fast Antivirus related files:
%UserProfile%\Desktop\A-fast Antivirus.lnk
c:\Program Files\A-fast
c:\Program Files\A-fast\A-fast.exe