By Jim
Updated on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
CleanUp Antivirus is the latest version of the rogue antispyware, Security Antivirus. It will constantly hound you with security alerts from your taskbar and even randomly redirect you to an alert webpage while you are surfing the Internet. It will also report that your system registry is infected with malware. Ignore all these alerts, they are all fake. They are there to force you to upgrade and pay for another version of their program, which is also fake.
Rogue software like this attempt to get you to pay for a better product, fooling you into getting software that will not help you but will only bring you more problems. In addition, if you do buy this product, they will steal your credit card details and possibly use it for evil purposes or sell it to other thieves. On the other hand, if you don’t pay for this but the badware is still in your computer, chances are your system can still be compromised and become infected by more serious infections.
Some of the other problems you might face if you have this malware in your system are frequent computer freeze ups, loss of free disk space, slow performance of other programs and sudden restarts of your PC. Get help immediately and clean up your computer!
Symptoms Of Infection
- Your computer is acting slow. CleanUp Antivirus slows down your system significantly. This includes starting up, shutting down, playing games, and surfing the web.
- You are getting pestered with pop ups. CleanUp Antivirus infects your registry and uses it to launch annoying pop up ads out of nowhere.
- Searches are redirected or your homepage and desktop are settings are changed. This is a symptom of a very serious CleanUp Antivirus infection.
Dangers Of Infection
Viruses like CleanUp Antivirus will infect your registry and other important system files. If the infection is not treated it can cause a complete collapse of your system.
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Some CleanUp Antivirus infections contain spyware and keyloggers which can be used to record sensitive data like passwords, credit card, bank account, and social security numbers. The longer you allow the infection to fester, the greater the chance of identity fraud.
How To Remove Infection Manually
Uninstall CleanUp Antivirus Processes
PE.exe
Delete CleanUp Antivirus Files
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\CleanUp Antivirus
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\CleanUp Antivirus.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\CleanUp Antivirus\cookies.sqlite
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\CleanUp Antivirus.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\CleanUp Antivirus.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\CleanUp Antivirus.lnk
%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\search.xml
Remove CleanUp Antivirus Registry Files
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PRS” =”http://127.0.0.1:27777/?inj=%ORIGINAL%”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = “1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform “App/7.00195?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “CleanUp Antivirus”
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Warning! If Spyware Doctor is blocked by the virus then run your system in safe mode and try again. To do this reboot your system and tap F8 repeatedly as your computer starts up. Then run Spyware Doctor as normal. If this doesn’t work try renaming the Spyware Doctor EXE file.
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