Anti-Virus-1 (Av1) : Remove Anti-Virus-1 : Anti-Virus-1 is a new rogue anti-spyware application. This parasite is very similar to Antivirus 2010. These two fake programs are even advertised through the same fake online scanner. The main purpose of Anti Virus 1 is to frighten users and trick money from them. That's why it is important to remove Anti-Virus-1 upon detection. This program is promoted primarily through two methods. The first is through the use of advertisements that pretend to be online anti-malware scanners. These advertisements go through what appears to be a scan of your machine and then when finished, state that your computer is infected and that you should download Anti-virus-1 to protect yourself. Remember, though, that this is just an advertisement and it has no way of knowing what is running on your computer.

The second method that is used to promote this rogue is through the use of Trojans. When certain Trojans are installed on your computer they will display security alerts stating that your computer is infected or that you have some other security risk. When you click on these alerts, it will download and install Anti-virus-1 onto your computer. Anti-virus-1, (abrv. av1), also referred as Antivirus1 by some people, is the latest and hottest counterfeit software that created to ruin our computers. It is undoubtedly one of the worst worms we have seen in a long while. If you have not already recognized this, Anti-virus-1 is essentially a copy of the infamous Antivirus 360, but then rebranded itself to mislead the users. Anti-virus-1 has the same type of destruction with a different mask to disguise the innocence. Anti-virus-1 usually comes up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. Sometimes you can get infected by visiting some malicious websites.     

Anti-Virus-1 infiltrates the system with a help of Trojans, mostly Zlob or Vundo. Once installed, AntiVirus 1 configures operating system to run this rogue before any other programs. After that, it performs fake system scan and floods system with pop-up windows and similar alert notices about system infections, errors and other threats. Of course, those fake infections have no relation to real threats. It's just a way how to effect the user. Scammers then suggest to use Anti-Virus-1 as reliable spyware remover. User is advertised to purchase license of this worthless application. But actually there is no such a thing like full version of Anti-Virus-1. We strongly recommend to remove Anti-Virus-1 from the system as soon as possible after infection. When Anti-virus-1 is installed it will configure itself to start automatically when Windows starts. It will also modify your C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file so that when you visit certain sites you will be go to a site under the malware developer's control rather than the legitimate site you were expecting to go to.

This allows them to show you information that further promotes the Anti-virus-1 program. When the program is started it will automatically scan your computer and then display a list of infections that cannot be removed unless you first purchase the program. The infections that it will show include Spyware.IEMonster.d, Zlob.PornAdvertiser.ba, Spyware.IMMonitor, Infostealer.Banker.E, and Dialer.Xpehbam.biz_dialer among many others. All of these infections do not actually exist on your computer, but are only being shown to scam you into thinking that you have infections on your computer. Anti-virus-1 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase Anti-virus-1. Likely fake security popup alerts include, �Spyware activity alert! Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. It is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs, including logins and passwords from online banking sessions, eBay, PayPal.� And�Your Anti-virus-1 copy is unregistered. Microsoft Security recommends you to activate your antivirus protection software.� It is very critical to remove Anti-virus-1 and all its components. To effectively get rid of Anti-virus-1, we have created a manual removal instructions.

Remove Anti-Virus-1

1. Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options. Delete Temporary Internet Files, cookie, off line content and Reset.

2. Disable System Restore - Right-click My Computer and select properties. Turn off System Restore on all drives.

3. Download and install Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and update its definitions.

4. Download, install SUPERAntiSpyware and update its definitions. Don't scan now.

5. Download and save SmitfraudFix to the Desktop. Don't scan now.

6. Reboot computer into Safe Mode - Restart your computer and gently tap the F8 key repeatedly before Windows loads. Select Safe Mode from the resulting menu. Safe Mode disables much of the startup routine (including some common Malware
hiding places).

7. Run SmitfraudFix.exe and select the option 2 and follow the on screen instructions. Then select the option 5 and continue. Then Exit.

8. Run Malwarebytes' AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware Malware Scanner. Run both malware scanners sequentially and delete malware found.

9. Reboot and turn System Restore back on. Enjoy your Spyware free computer.