How to Remove HTML/FakeAlert.AK Trojan from Windows

Recently, some PC users complain that their PC is attacked by HTML/FakeAlert.AK Trojan and might have rootkit infections. 

What is HTML/FakeAlert.AK?

HTML/FakeAlert.AK is detected as a risky Trojan virus which is designed by cyber criminals to pursue evil purposes by stealing valuable information stored in the targeted PC and even conducting a series of malicious activities to damage the machine seriously.

Once loaded, HTML/FakeAlert.AK adds corrupt registries in the Windows Registry Editor to slow down your system without any confirmation. Moreover, it plants several small but malicious rootkits into your operating system. Those rootkits can give false commands and instructions to the system. As soon as the operating system receives those wrong commands and follows the instructions to run, some programs on your PC will run in disorder and even cause fatal system errors.

Other features of HTML/FakeAlert.AK

• It is able to set a backdoor for remote users to take control of your PC remotely. 
• It helps the cyber criminals to collect and steal your important information. 
• It makes changes on important settings to pop up dubious ads and generate traffic for useless websites and products.
• It downloads more malicious infections to destroy your PC. 
• It makes your PC run in disorder and finally crash the PC down. 

How to Delete HTML/FakeAlert.AK permanently?

Method A: Remove HTML/FakeAlert.AK Manually

Before applying this manual removal method, please backup all your system files in case of any mistakes happen during the procedure.

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

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;"

Step 5. Reset your browsers

Internet Explorer:
1) Open Internet Explorer, click the gear icon > Internet options. 
2) Go to the Advanced tab, click the Reset button > Reset Internet Explorer settings > Delete personal settings > click on Reset option. 
3) Click Close and OK to save the changes.

Mozilla Firefox:
1) Open Mozilla Firefox, go to the Help section > Troubleshooting Information. 
2) Select Reset Firefox and click Finish.

Google Chrome:
1) Click the Chrome menu button, select Tools > Extensions, find unknown extension and remove them by clicking Recycle bin. 
2) Click Settings > Show Advanced settings > Reset browser settings and click Reset.

Step 6. Restart your computer to take effect. 

Note: Unless you know what you are doing, do not modify anything in the Registry Editor other than what is instructed here.

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Method B: Remove HTML/FakeAlert.AK Automatically

Step 1. Remove HTML/FakeAlert.AK with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, spyware,etc.

1) Click the below button to download SpyHunter.

2) Double click on its file and then click the "Run" button to enter the installation procedure.

3) When the installation is complete, click the "Finish" button.

4) Open SpyHunter and click "Scan Computer Now!" to start scan your computer.

5) When the SpyHunter scan is completed, you can see that it detects all the threats in your PC. Then click "Fix Threats" button to make your computer clean.

Note: SpyHunter's free version is only for malware detection. To remove the malware threats on your PC, you will need to purchase SpyHunter's malware removal tool.

Step 2. Optimize your PC using RegCure Pro

RegCure Pro is an advanced optimizer which is able to solve your computer system problems, remove your privacy items produced by online searches, delete junk files, uninstall malware and fix performance problems.

(Please be at ease for RegCure Pro, since it will never bundle with any programs and it can get along with existing security programs without any conflicts.)

1) Click the below button to download RegCure Pro.

2) Double click on its application and click the "Yes" button to install the program step by step.

3) After the installation is complete, open the program and scan your system for unnecessary files and invalid registry entries. That will take some time for the first scanning. Please wait while the program scans your system for performance problems.

4) When the System Scan is done, click "Fix All" button to correct all the security risks and potential causes of your computer slow performance.

In Conclusion:

The longer HTML/FakeAlert.AK stays on your PC, the more troubles it will cause. There is no better way than to prevent or remove HTML/FakeAlert.AK immediately to guarantee that your PC may not engage to endless pop-up ads and other unwanted programs.

Download SpyHunter to remove HTML/FakeAlert.AK quickly.

Download RegCure Pro to fix slow PC performance easily.