How to Remove Antivirus Security Pro?

What is Antivirus Security Pro and what can Antivirus Security Pro do?

Antivirus Security Pro is categorized as rogueware program that claims to scan your computer for Virus, Trojan, spyware and malware and display obvious fake malware detections and warnings. They then pop-up a new window informing you that you need to pay money to register the software or pay money to remove these non-existent threats from your computer and protect your PC from malware infection.

Below is a screenshot of Antivirus Security Pro, a certain symptom of virus infection:

Antivirus Security Pro is mainly distributed through hacked web sites that exploit vulnerabilities on your computer or as Trojans disguised as a normal program that is necessary for you to view an online video or as online scanner that deceives you to download and this copy of rogueware virus is designed to attack Windows-based operating systems. Once your computer is infected with Antivirus Security Pro, you will get a fake Windows Security Center notification pop up on your computer screen claiming that your antivirus software is turned off.

When you click to turn on your Firewall and Virus protection, you will get a pop-up window that requires you to register the full version of the rogueware Antivirus Security Pro Virus.
After that, Antivirus Security Pro begins to perform a scan automatically on your computer and then a list appears displaying a message providing details about a virus or a Trojan detected.

If you click on the remove button, it will tell you that some of the detection can not be removed and you need to purchase the full version of the rogueware in order to completely clear the non-existent threats detected by Antivirus Security Pro.

Meanwhile Antivirus Security Pro is capable of blocking some programs from launching itself while claiming that they are infected, usually the .exe files, for example, you cannot launch your Task Manager or Chrome.

Antivirus Security Pro is a virus infection and the alert message is a scam. You should never trust the rogueware program and pay to buy the full version. If you get Antivirus Security Pro on your PC, just follow one of the free methods provided below to remove that fake program.

METHOD 1: Removing Antivirus Security Pro Virus infection with anti-malware program

Step 1: Reboot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking. To do this, turn your computer off and then back on and immediately when you see anything on the screen, start tapping the F8 key on your keyboard. Eventually you will be brought to a menu similar to the one below:

Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, select Safe Mode with Networking and press Enter on your keyboard. Windows will now boot into safe mode with networking and prompt you to login as a user. Please login as the same user you logged in within the normal Windows mode.

Step 2: It is possible that the infection you are trying to remove will not allow you to download files on the infected computer. If this is the case, then you will need to download the files requested in this guide on another computer and then transfer them to the infected computer. You can transfer the files via a CD/DVD, external drive, or USB flash drive.

Before we can do anything we must first end the processes that belong to Antivirus Security Pro so that it does not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this, please download RKill. When at the download page, click on the Download Now button labeled iExplore.exe. When you are prompted where to save it, please save it on your desktop.

Step 3: Once it is downloaded, double-click on the iExplore.exe icon in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with Antivirus Security Pro and other Rogue programs. Please be patient while the program looks for various malware programs and ends them. When it has finished, the black window will automatically close and you can continue with the next step. If you get a message that RKill is an infection, do not be concerned. This message is just a fake warning given by Antivirus Security Pro when it terminates programs that may potentially remove it. If you run into these infections warnings that close RKill, a trick is to leave the warning on the screen and then run RKill again. By not closing the warning, this typically will allow you to bypass the malware trying to protect itself so that RKill can terminate Antivirus Security Pro . So, please try running RKill until the malware is no longer running. You will then be able to proceed with the rest of the guide. Do not reboot your computer after running RKill as the malware programs will start again.

If you continue having problems running RKill, you can download the other renamed versions of RKill from the RKill download page. Both of these files are renamed copies of RKill, which you can try instead. Please note that the download page will open in a new browser window or tab.

Step 4: Now you should download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, or MBAM and save it to your desktop. Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer. Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If MalwareBytes prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.

Step 5: MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below. On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Antivirus Security Pro related files. MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take several minutes.

When MBAM is scanning it will look like the image below.

When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image below. You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the Antivirus Security Pro removal process.

Step 6: You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button. A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.

You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the steps. When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window. You can now exit the MBAM program.

Your computer should now be free of the Antivirus Security Pro program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through, you may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future.

METHOD 2: Removing Antivirus Security Pro manually

Step 1: Use the debugged keys to register this infection and stop the Antivirus Security Pro malicious activities. Open Antivirus Security Pro. Click the “Buy Full Edition” button and then choose “I already have a activation key” option.

Enter the Antivirus Security Pro activation key AF03E-A1B69411-5E496BEE-92A70D00-1AD697F6 and click “OK” to activate the rogue antivirus program.

After you activate Antivirus Security Pro rogueware, you are able to access the Internet, use an antivirus program, open your Task Manager and access regedit.

Step 2: Exit Antivirus Security Pro from your task menu. 

Confirm your operation when a pop-up message appears like below:

Step 3: Delete all Antivirus Security Pro related malicious files. Find the shortcut icon on your startup menu or desktop, right click on it, and then select Properties from the list.

Click on “Open File Location” and then you will be prompted to Antivirus Security Pro file folder.

Delete all the file located under the file location.

Step 4: Uninstall Antivirus Security Pro from your infected computer.

• Windows XP: Go to Start > Control Panel > Add Remove programs > Look for Antivirus Security Pro > Click on Remove.

• Windows 7/Vista: Go to Start > Control panel > Uninstall a program/Programs and Features > Look for Antivirus Security Pro > click on Uninstall.

Step 5: Remove malicious registry entries created by Antivirus Security Pro. Click on the “Start” button and in the “Search programs and files” field, type “regedit” and click the “Enter” button.

In Windows Regedit, go to Edit > Find, in the search box type Antivirus Security Pro and gpngn373, then click on the Find Next.

It will show you all the Antivirus Security Pro registry and files, right click on those items and delete all of them.

Step 6: Run an antivirus or anti-malware scan to eliminate any possible virus infection with your favorite security application.