How do I get rid of the AV Security 2012 virus?
A virus that pretends to be an anti-virus program will shut down Firefox and make it close. It will give a warning that makes it look like it's trying to protect us from a potential threat when in fact AV Security 2012 is the threat. Does Firefox have a solution for this. I know it's a little unrelated to FireFox but it does affect it's use by closing it. I've updated Microsoft Security Essentials and it seems to catch and stop the virus however the virus reactivates itself. The virus is still on my computer.
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Bleepingcomputer.com is a very reputable site and provides directions for removing such pests.
- AV Security 2012 may have (1) changed your Windows proxy setting, (2) changed your "hosts" file and (3) installed a trojan on your system.
- See --> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-av-security-2012
- Follow all the steps (1-25) in order carefully.
- If you can not download Malwarebytes with the infected computer, try downloading it using a computer that is not infected and then transfer it to the infected computer on a CD or pin/USB/thumb drive.
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Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
- Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: Installing (or Updating) the Shockwave plugin with Firefox
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox
- Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): Updating Flash in Firefox
- Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: Installing or Updating Java in Firefox
Ti ṣàtúnṣe nípa SafeBrowser
There is another good solution to removal of this virus called AV Security 2012. One thing I can tell you for sure - do not ever buy this scam. Get rid of it as soon as you can. Please find the removal video guide available at this site - http://remove-malwares.blogspot.com/2011/11/av-security-2012-virus-new-malware-of.html
I manually removed it just fine...but didn't catch the hostfile change until later. What I removed the edits to the hostfile bam..back in business.