AVASoft Antivirus Professional removal guide

By | april 4, 2013

AVASoft Antivirus Professional, also known as the AVASoft Antivirus Professional virus, AVASoft Antivirus virus, AVASoft virus, or fake AVASoft Antivirus, is malware related and categorized as rogue software or Scareware, that attempts to appear as legitimate Antivirus software, but in reality AVASoft Antivirus Professional is not beneficial software.

AVASoft Antivirus Professional uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat by fraudulently scanning the computer system and displaying fake system issue results, including fake results that indicate the computer is infected with Spyware that steals passwords from the internet and Adware that displays pop-ups.

The AVASoft Antivirus Professional virus may even display fake notifications stating that the computer is infected with fake backdoor rootkits and Trojan horses.

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AVASoft Antivirus Professional

Security Monitor: WARNING!
Attention! System detected a potential hazard (TrojanSPM/LX) on your computer that may infect executable files. Your private information and PC safety is at risk.
To get rid of unwanted spyware and keep your computer safe your need to update your current security software.
Click Yes to download official intrusion detection system (IDS software).

Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. This is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs.
Click here to remove it immediately with AVASoft Professional Antivirus.

AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall Alert
AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet.
Internet Explorer Internet Browser is infected with worm SVCHOST.Stealth.Keyloger. This worm is trying to send your credit card details using Internet Explorer Internet Browser to connect to remote host.

AVASoft Professional Antivirus Warning
Some critical system files of your computer were modified by malicious program. It may cause system instability and data loss.
Click here to block unauthorised modification by removing threats (Recommended)

AVASoft Professional Antivirus Warning
Your PC is still infected with dangerous viruses. Activate antivirus protection to prevent data loss and avoid the theft of your credit card details.

Warning: Your computer is infected
Detected spyware infection!
Click this message to install the last update of security software…

AVASoft Professional Antivirus Warning
Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC.
Click here to remove them immediately with AVASoft Professional Antivirus.

AVASoft Antivirus Professional removal guide

Please download HitmanPro to your desktop.
Press this link for the complete “User Manual” for HitmanPro.Kickstart.

  • Launch the program by double clicking on HitmanPro.exe. (Windows Vista/7 users right click on the HitmanPro icon and select run as administrator).
  • Click on the “HitmanPro.Kickstart” button to create a bootable USB-stick with HitmanPro.Kickstart
  • Now insert the USB flash drive that will be used to write the HitmanPro.Kickstart files to.
    • As soon as one or more USB flash drives are detected, a selection screen will be presented.
  • Now select the USB flash drive on which you want to place the HitmanPro.Kickstart files and press the button Install Kickstart.
  • Important! Be aware that that all contents of the selected flash drive will be erased before the HitmanPro.Kickstart files are written.
  • If you press the ‘Yes’ button now, the selected USB flash drive will be formatted and all necessary HitmanPro.Kickstart files will be retrieved from the HitmanPro servers and written to the flash drive
  • Once the process is completed you can now remove the USB flash drive from the PC and use it to remove the malware from a ransomed PC.
  • Now insert the HitmanPro.Kickstart USB flash drive into a USB port of the ransomed PC and start the PC.
  • During the startup of the PC, enter the (BBS) Bios Boot Selector menu and select the USB flash drive that contains HitmanPro.Kickstart to boot from.
    • If it’s not possible to enter the BBS go into the BIOS and set the USB option as your first boot-device by the boot-sequence.
  • The default way to boot is option 1, which skips the master boot record of your hard drive. If you do not press any key, the process will continue after 10 seconds using the default boot selection.
  • If you see a logon screen you can either select a user and logon, or if you wait approximately 15 seconds, HitmanPro will be started on your Windows logon screen.
  • Click on the next button. You must agree with the terms of EULA.
  • Check the box beside “No, I only want to perform a one-time scan to check this computer“.
  • Click on the next button.
  • The program will start to scan the computer. The scan will typically take no more than 2-3 minutes.
  • Click on the next button and choose the option activate free license
  • Click on the next button and the infections where will be deleted.
  • Click now on the Save Log option and save this log to your desktop.
  • Click on the next button and restart the computer.