Remove AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro (Uninstall Guide)
Posted by Lawrence Abrams on May 1, 2010 @ 05:56 PM · Views: 18,362
What this infection does:
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro is a rogue anti-spyware program from
the same family as Your
PC Protector that is promoted through the use of Trojans and fake online
anti-malware scanners. When AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro is installed it will be configured
to start automatically when your computer starts. Once started it will scan
your computer and display numerous infections in the scan results. These infections,
though, are all fake and are only being shown to scare you into purchasing the
program. This infection includes the main AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro.exe
executable as well as the C:\Program Files\svchost.exe executable.
To remove this infection you must terminate terminate both processes, otherwise
the other process will start the AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro program again.
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro screen shot
For more screen shots of this infection click on the image above.
There are a total of 7 images you can view.
While AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro is running it will not allow you to run a variety
of legitimate security applications in order to protect itself from being removed.
When you attempt to run one of these programs, the rogue will display a message
stating that the program is infected and then shut it down. An example of one
of these alerts is:
Warning!
Running of application is impossible. The file C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes'
Anti-Malware\mbam.exe is infected.
Please activate your antivirus program.
When the rogue is running it will also display fake security alerts from your
Windows taskbar stating that your computer is infected or that your computer
is under attack. These alerts are:
Internet attack attempt detected:
Somebody is trugin <sic> to attack your PC:
This can result in loss of personal information and infection other computers
connected to your network.
Click here to prevent attack.
Warning: Infection is Detected
Windows has found spyware infection on your computer! Click here to update
your Windows antivirus software...
svchost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to
close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on
might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
We have created an error report that you can send to us. We will treat this
report as confidential and anonymous.
Last, but not least, AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro will also display
a fake Windows Security Center that suggests that you purchase the program.
Just like the scan results, all of these security alerts and messages are just
another tactic to make you think your computer has a security problem and should
be ignored.
Without a doubt, AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro was created to scare you into purchasing
the program. It goes without saying that you should definitely not purchase
this program, and if you have, you should contact your credit card company and
dispute the charges. Finally, please use the guide below to remove this infection
and any related malware for free.
Threat Classification:
Advanced information:
View AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro files.
View AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro Registry Information.
Tools Needed for this fix:
Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:
O2 - BHO: ADC PlugIn - {77DC0Baa-3235-4ba9-8BE8-aa9EB678FA02} - C:\Program Files\adc32.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe Update Service (AdbUpd) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\svchost.exe
Guide Updates:
05/01/10 - Initial guide creation.
Automated Removal Instructions for AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
- Print out these instructions as we may need to close every window that is
open later in the fix.
- It is possible that the infection you are trying to remove will not allow
you to download files on the infected computer. If this is the case, then
you will need to download the files requested in this guide on another computer
and then transfer them to the infected computer. You can transfer the files
via a CD/DVD, external drive, or USB flash drive.
- Before we can do anything we must first end the processes that belong to
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
so that it does not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this, please
download RKill to your desktop from the following link.
RKill
Download Link - (Download page will open in a new tab or browser window.)
When at the download page, click on the Download Now button
labeled iExplore.exe download link. When you are prompted
where to save it, please save it on your desktop.
- Once it is downloaded, double-click on the iExplore.exe
icon in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
and other Rogue programs. Please be patient while the program looks for various
malware programs and ends them. When it has finished, the black window will
automatically close and you can continue with the next step. If you get a
message that RKill is an infection, do not be concerned. This message is just
a fake warning given by
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
when it terminates programs that may potentially remove it. If you run into
these infections warnings that close RKill, a trick is to leave the warning
on the screen and then run RKill again. By not closing the warning, this typically
will allow you to bypass the malware trying to protect itself so that rkill
can terminate
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
. So, please try running RKill until the malware is no longer running. You
will then be able to proceed with the rest of the guide. If you continue
having problems running RKill, you can download the other renamed versions
of RKill from the rkill
download page. All of the files are renamed copies of RKill, which you
can try instead. Please note that the download page will open in a new browser
window or tab.
Do not reboot your computer after running RKill as the malware programs will
start again.
- Now you should download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following
location and save it to your desktop:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link
(Download page will open in a new window)
- Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including
this one.
- Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe.
This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
- When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue
with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings
and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the
Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish
button. If MalwareBytes' prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.
- MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that
you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically
update itself after the install, you can press the OK button
to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
- On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform
full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan
button to start scanning your computer for
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
related files.
- MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can
take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically
check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the
image below.
- When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image
below.
You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with
the
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
removal process.
- You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should
click on the Show Results button.
- A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown
as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different
than what is shown in the image.
You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove
all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry
keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM
may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message
stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer
has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the
steps.
- When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and
display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad
window.
- You can now exit the MBAM program.
- As many rogues and other malware are installed through vulnerabilities found
in out-dated and insecure programs, it is strongly suggested that you use
Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs on your computer. A tutorial on
how to use Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs can be found here:
How to
detect vulnerable and out-dated programs using Secunia Personal Software Inspector
Your computer should now be free of the
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through,
you may want to consider purchasing the
PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types
of threats in the future.
If you are still having problems with your computer after completing these instructions, then please follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below:
Preparation Guide For Use Before Using Malware Removal Tools and Requesting Help
Associated AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro Files:
c:\Program Files\adc32.dll
c:\Program Files\alggui.exe
c:\Program Files\nuar.old
c:\Program Files\skynet.dat
c:\Program Files\svchost.exe
c:\Program Files\wp3.dat
c:\Program Files\wp4.dat
c:\Program Files\wpp.exe
c:\Program Files\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
c:\Program Files\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro.exe
%Temp%\win1.tmp
%Temp%\win2.tmp
%UserProfile%\Desktop\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro.lnk
File Location Notes:
%UserProfile% refers to the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User> for Windows 2000/XP, C:\Users\<Current User> for Windows Vista/7, and c:\winnt\profiles\<Current User> for Windows NT.
%Temp% refers to the Windows Temp folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\Temp for Windows 95/98/ME, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\<Current User>\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp for Windows 2000/XP, and C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\Local\Temp for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Associated AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro Windows Registry Information:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{77DC0Baa-3235-4ba9-8BE8-aa9EB678FA02}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{77DC0Baa-3235-4ba9-8BE8-aa9EB678FA02}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdbUpd
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