Efficient Removal Guide - Remove Trojan.FakeAV Trojan Hourse Completely

Trojan.FakeAV, classified as a dangerous Trojan horse, is a technically non-self-replicating malware containing malicious code that can infect your computer without your knowledge. It comes into the computer via many ways, for instance, from spam emails that contain attachments, or malicious websites that are spammed with links to adult video. If you have ever opened any malicious emails or websites, then your computer will easily get infected with this virus.

Generally this Trojan.FakeAV is used to distribute malware or fake antivirus programs. It often presents itself as a useful, routine or interesting program in order to persuade you to download and install it on your computer. After it is downloaded, this virus will drop several malicious files and create a couple of folders under Application Data folder. When executed, its server can have the unauthorized access to your computer and is able to spy on the infected computer, cause leak or theft of data, download and install rogue programs. Even worse, your computer may appear to run slower or cause a system crash due to heavy processor. Thus, the removal becomes so urgent.

Efficient Guide to Remove Trojan.FakeAV

A. Manual Removal Guide: 

Step 1. Reboot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking

Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 key until Windows Advanced Options Menu shows up, then using arrow key to select Safe Mode with Networking from the list and press Enter to get into that mode.

Step 2. End suspicious processes

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to launch Window Task Manager, then end the suspicious processes.

Step 3. Delete associated files

%UserProfile%\Programs\AppData\[Random Charateristc].exe
%UserProfile%\Programs\Temp\[Random Charateristc].dll
%UserProfile%\Programs\AppData\roaming\[Random Charateristc].dll

Step 4. Delete associated registry entries

Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box and click on OK to open Registry Editor.

When the Registry Editor shows, find out and delete the below files.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run""= "%AppData%\.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run""= "%AppData%\.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes"="random;"

Note: When you apply this manual removal guide, you need to be very careful about each step. One mistake would delete the important system file. Therefore, be careful. 

B. Automatic Removal Guide: 

Step 1. Download SpyHunter, then double click on it to install it.

Step 2. Tick mark on Quick Scan then click on Scan Computer Now!

Step 3. When the scan done, click on Fix Threats.

Note: For the people who are not familiar with computer knowledge, the automatic removal is much more easier than the manual one. It is recommended to use SpyHunter when you face any malicious virus, it will remove it completely. Click here to download SpyHunter freely.