This article provides information on how to remove Laptopantivirus.microsoft.com that promotes the rogue antivirus protection software company Antivirus Live Inc.
Laptop Antivirus Microsoft Scam: What is laptopantivirus?
Laptopantivirus.microsoft.com may look like a subdomain of the reputable and legitimate site of Microsoft.com but Laptop Antivirus is actually a browser hijacker that forces infected computers to visit the site laptopantivirus.net which is promoting the Antivirus Live antivirus.
Laptopantivirus virus and Antivirus live
Please note that the laptopantivirus.microsoft virus promotes a site of the Antivirus live av, an identified fake virus and spyware protection software.
Laptopantivirus.microsoft.com causes browser redirects. Computer users infected by the laptop antivirus virus also report seeing laptop antivirus.microsoft.com popups and fake scans urging them to purchase a fake antivirus protection software. Since this browser hijacker may prevent you from visiting your favorite sites, you must consider laptopantivirus removal. Here’s how to remove laptop-antivirus.com:
Laptopantivirus.microsoft.com removal: How to remove laptop antivirus hijacker
For those looking for information on how to remove laptopantivirus.net browser hijacker, you may refer to this manual removal of Laptopantivirus.microsoft.com provided by windowsprotection.net:
Delete laptopantivirus.net virus corrupt files:
* %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random]\
* %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random]\[random]sysguard.exe
Remove Laptop antivirus.microsoft rogue registry entries:
* 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\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = “.exe”
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = “1?
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
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January 29th, 2010 at 1:17 am
I don’t know where to go to delete those files, i’m using a work computer and think I need adminitrator permission to be able to access anything.
Please help
January 27th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Thanks Josh Peters…..just tried your recommendation and it worked….not at first though because there were MANY files in the task manager and before I could locate the tddysguard, etc…..it blocked me out…..so, the second time I just looked for anything that had guard.exe in it and I found 2 files like that…..they were not tddys though…..so, I found those 2 real quickly and deleted them…..went to —— and downloaded the software…..all is back to normal
thanks again
January 26th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
I was hit by this on my desk top computer yesterday, but not my laptop. Cannot get into anything on desk top computer. Please help
January 26th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I am having the worst luck!!!!! I got this a couple of weeks ago, but after a few days of having it and not being able to figure out what to do, it took over EVERYTHING. It took my administrator powers away from me and I can’t delete any of it. I went to do a system restore, but it won’t let me do that either. It won’t let me download anything. Everything I try, it won’t allow. When I start my laptop normally, you can only see my background. Nothing appears. Just pop ups saying my laptop is infected. I’m in safe mode right now and I don’t understand how to get rid of it anymore. I just want to give up again, this is mental. God, who knew how frustrating this could be… Should I just pay someone to fix it? Or is there any hope whatsoever?
January 26th, 2010 at 11:55 am
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January 26th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Success! Thanks JOSH Peters!!! It worked!!!
January 26th, 2010 at 4:14 am
This is horrible but easy to get rid of. As soon as your computer boots into windows open the task manager and kill tddysgaurd.exe or something like that. It is then possible to go online and get hijackthis to remove it for good. If you have it that means someone used your computer to go to a site that hosted it and downloaded it. Possibly a “Your computer is infected” link. Virus blockers won’t find it because it is not a harmful virus just a pain in the but exploit by a company trying to get your information. They will only succeed if you give it to them.
January 25th, 2010 at 6:49 am
I am having no luck with removing the laptopantivirus.microsoft.net spyware…..I can not go to any web-site…..can not open internet options in the control panel….
what can I do to get this off my computer
January 24th, 2010 at 3:10 am
Followed steps on the web page and removed this horrible virus many thanks
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:20 am
I got hit with this one yesterday and I have tried everything to get rid of it. It snuck by both AVG and Avast!