How to Remove Security-fortress.net Hijacker?
Security-fortress.net Hijacker Information:
Security-fortress.net is an irritating browser hijacker that is associated with an aggressive rogue anti-spyware program called Antispyware Soft. You will be kept redirecting to Security-fortress.net over and over, because of the influence of trojan horses affiliated with Antispyware Soft. Security-fortress.net takes advantage of Internet Explorer flaws and hijacks the browser. You may encounter a phony warning triggered by Security-fortress.microsoft.com which has nothing to do with MicroSoft. Once installed, Antispyware Soft has made a deep change to your system. So every time you boot up your computer, there are lots of fake system scanners on your desktop and security alerts at the Taskbar. Whenever you click on any popups, you are directed to Security-fortress.net. Then Security-fortress.net tries to promote to poor victims, through deceptive efforts, to open their wallets for Antispyware Soft. You can follow out free instruction to remove Antispyware Soft and get rid of Security-fortress.net hijacker or its relative offensive objects on your computer.
Security-fortress.net Hijacker Screenshot:
Security-fortress.microsoft.com Counterfeit Warning Page Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Security-fortress.net Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
The files you need to delete:
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\[random string].exe
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\[random string]tssd.exe
The registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random string]“
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random string]“
Please, be aware that manual removal of Security-fortress.net Virus 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 Security-fortress.net Virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Security-fortress.net Virus 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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