How to Remove Av-special.com Hijacker?
Av-special.com Information:
Av-special.com is a hijacker domain maintaining the malvertising activity of the program called Antispyware Soft which is a rogue anti-spyware application. Av-special.com is not really a threat on its own; but it is a component of Antispyware Soft’s activity which is meant for people to make the payment for buying the rogue anti-spyware’s full version. You will not encounter Av-special.com unless your computer is infected by Antispyware Soft. On Av-special.com, you will see some imaginary facts about the sponsoring program which is claimed to be a perfect utility providing ultimate system protection. This is done just to get your attention and convince you that Antispyware Soft is what you need for removing all fake threats detected by Antispyware Soft. It’s important to understand that browser redirects to Av-special.com is not a problem on its own. It is a symptom of Antispyware Soft’s presence on your computer. Therefore, you should remove Antispyware Soft rogueware and then you can easily remove Av-special.com hijacker.
Av-special.com Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Av-special.com Hijacker. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Delete the following files:
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\\[random string]tssd.exe
Delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = “no”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1″
Please, be aware that manual removal of Av-special.com Hijacker is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Av-special.com Hijacker, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Av-special.com Hijacker Removal:
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Download Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.
3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Spyware Cease delete all detected virus.
4. Click to repair your corrupted registry
Why should you need to repair the registry?
As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.
To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.
After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!
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