Remove Fake Antivirus Soft rogue spyware
Antivirus Soft is a rogue anti-spyware and ransomware program from the same family as Antivirus Live. These infections are installed on to your computer through the use of malware that installs the program onto your computer without your permission or knowledge. It is also common for this rogue to be installed on your computer through the use of malicious PDF files that exploit known vulnerabilities in older versions of Adobe Reader. Once installed, Antivirus Soft will be configured to start automatically when Windows starts. Once running it will scan your computer and display numerous infections, but will state it will not remove them until you purchase the program. In reality, the infected files it detects are all fake and do not actually exist on your computer.
Means
Newsoftspot.microsoft.com (also can be met as Newsoftspot.com) is a malicious domain, browser hijacker which is known to have been distributing Antivirus Soft, one of the latest rogue antispywares. Just like any other earlier variant of browser hijackers, Newsoftspot.microsoft.com is the malicious domain where people are offered to check their computers for viruses. Additionally, victims are redirected straight away to Newsoftspot.com/purchase and asked persistently to make a registration for Antivirus Soft. The “Microsoft” name on the website is expected to trick users into taking this scamware legitimate. However, just after registration it starts messing up the whole PC system, so save your money instead.
While Antivirus Soft is running you will also see numerous security warnings and alerts that try to trick you into thinking that you have a security problem on your computer. An example of one of the alerts you will see is a fake Windows Security Center that looks exactly like the legitimate one, but instead suggests that you purchase Antivirus Soft to protect your computer. The infection will also show numerous alerts that state that your computer is infected, that you are sending personal data to a remote location, or a that your computer is being attacked. One of the alerts will have this text:
Antivirus Software Alert
Infiltration Alert
Your computer is being attacked by an internet virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a trojan-dropper or similar.
Threat: Win32/Nuqel.E
Just like the fake scan results, these security alerts are all fake and are just being shown to trick you into purchasing the program.
Without a doubt, Antivirus Soft was created solely to try and scam you into thinking that your computer is infected in the hopes that you will then purchase it. It goes without saying that you should not purchase this program, and if you already have, please contact your credit card company and dispute the charges stating the program is a scam. Finally, to remove this infection please use the removal guide below to remove it for free.
How to manually remove Antivirus Soft
Newsoftspot.microsoft.com manual removal:
Kill processes:
[random string]sysguard.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
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\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:5555
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random string]“
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random string]“
Delete files:
%Documents and Settings%\\[UserName]\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\[random string]\\[random string]sysguard.exe
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