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How to Remove Security Master AV Rogue Anti-Spyware?

Security Master AV Information:

Security Master AV is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as My Security Engine and CleanUp Antivirus. Security Master AV infiltrates into your computer with the use of Trojans, fake online scanners and other misleading websites and invades the compromised system bit by bit. Once inside, Security Master AV configures system registry and forces your system run its executables every time your PC starts up. When running, Security Master AV imitates a system scan and states that your computer is infected with malicious malware. Security Master AV also triggers bogus security alerts and and pop-ups scaring you that your prviate information can be stolen or that your computer is under attack from a remote computer. Finally, Security Master AV asks you to purchase a full version of the program to remove the malware detected and to makeyour system secured from the bad influence of malware. Since there are no such infections in fact, there is no need to pay for Security Master AV. As you can see, Security Master AV is nothing more but a scam. A complete Security Master AV removal guide can be seen below.

Security Master AV Screenshot:

Manual Removal

Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Security Master AV Rogue Anti-Spyware. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.

Step 1: End its process by opening Task Manager.

SM8d7c.exe

Step 2: The registry entries you need to delete:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware3

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSMAVSys.DocHostUIHandler

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “Security Master AV”

Step 3: DLL Files you need to unregister:

CommonAppData8d7ca11

Step 4: Files you need to delete:

25.mof

SM8d7c.exe

SMAV.ico

vd952342.bd

Security Master AV.lnk

cookies.sqlite

ANTIGEN.drv

ANTIGEN.exe

cid.dll

CLSV.drv

DBOLE.sys

ddv.dll

ddv.sys

energy.tmp

FS.drv

gid.drv

PE.drv

PE.exe

PE.sys

PE.tmp

std.exe

tjd.drv

tjd.sys

runddlkey.dll

Please, be aware that manual removal of Security Master AV Rogue Anti-Spyware 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 Master AV Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

Automatic Security Master AV Rogue Anti-Spyware 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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