Total Win 7 Security Rogue Anti-Spyware - removal guide

Total Win 7 Security

Created: 2010-03-18 11:11:50 Author: Antonio W.

Information about Total Win 7 Security

Total Win 7 Security is classified as a rogue because it displays false scan results stating that your computer is seriously infected. Total Win 7 Security displays fake infections in order to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected and that you should buy the program to remove the infections. However, this program is nothing more but a scam. Don't pay for it.

Usually, Total Win 7 Security is advertised through the use of Trojans and fake online scanners or ads. While running, the rogue will be configured to start automatically when you login to Windows. Total Win 7 Security will scan your computer and display a list of files that should be removed. These infections, though, are all fake. What is more, it will flood your computer with very annoying pop-ups and security warnings. Just like the infection threats, you should ignore these warnings too.

If you are infected with Total Win 7 Security, then you should use the removal guide shown below to remove this program and any associated malware from your computer as soon as possible.

Total Win 7 Security Facts

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Total Win 7 Security pretends to increase security of your PC
Total Win 7 Security free version will show popups, alerts and fake results to convince you to pay
Total Win 7 Security creators will not deliver license keys upon paying or the full version will not be functional
Total Win 7 Security might be used to download and advertise other malicious software
Total Win 7 Security might disable some of your PCs or its programs functions

Manual Total Win 7 Security removal instructions

Note: Manual removal of parasite Total Win 7 Security is tedious and dangerous task if done incorectly. Stoping and deleting incorrect executables and DLLs, deleting registry entries might harm your PC. Thus we recommend using Spyware Doctor of PCTools for automatical scan and removal of computer parasites, or another reputable spyware remover.

1

Kill malicious Processes:

How to kill malicious processes

ave.exe
av.exe

2

Remove malicious Registery entries:

How to remove malicious registry entries

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "%1" %*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AntiVirusOverride" = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "FirewallOverride" = "1"

3

Remove harmful Files:

How to remove harmful files

ave.exe
av.exe

4

Scan your System:

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