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Internet Antivirus

Alias: InternetAntivirus

Description: Internet Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses false information and aggressive tactics in order to scare people into purchasing it. Most people see ads for Internet Antivirus as they browse the web. Certain sites will display a pop-up ad stating that your computer has infections, even though the web site has no way of knowing that, and then pretends to be a program scanning your computer for malware.

Threat type:

Ransomware - Ransomware is a software application that infects a computer and asks for money to have the infection removed.

Trojan - A Trojans or Trojan Horse is any programs that installs itself secretly, quite often with sinister intent. Once installed, the trojan author (hacker) can gain complete control of the infected PC. Trojans are usually designed to steal sensitive information and/or destroy the system. Trojans can be distributed as unsolicited email attachments, or bundled with freeware and shareware programs.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Internet Antivirus: Yes

Threat risk: Very High Risk

Extremely dangerous malware. Uses stealth installation, randomly named entries and has the capability to self update or resurrect after incomplete removal. Almost impossible to remove manually. Category mostly consists of trojans and spyware.

Symptoms:

Fake security popup warnings

Fake scan results

Internet Antivirus Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Internet Antivirus, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
IAvir.exe

File Signatures:
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\IAvir.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\IAUpdater.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\db
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\db\config.cfg
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\db\DBInfo.ver
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\db\ia080614.db

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Antivirus\

Registry Signatures:
N/A

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A