Alpha Antivirus (also called Alfa Antivirus) is a malware application, which belongs in the rogue/fake anti spyware category. If you suspect you haveAlpha Antivirus then you will need to remove it immediately. In this guide we teach you how to uninstall Alpha Antivirus.

Alpha Antivirus is an example of malware that confronts users with the deceit that their PC is infected when in fact it is not. The product is therefore classed as rogue/fake anti spyware because it provides false positives and claims to be capable of doing something (removing viruses) that it actually is not. Infact Alpha Antivirus itself does the opposite to its raison d’être and causes users considerable nuisance and inconvenience whilst installed on the PC.

Alpha Antivirus installs without getting consent from the user and utilizes rootkit Trojan powered tactics and also hijacking practices to spread itself around the worldwide PC community.

We talk more about Alpha Antivirus in step 1, but trust this introduction gives you sufficient information to know that if you have this malware, you need to remove it immediately.

• Step 1: What is Alpha Antivirus? – A thorough discussion of what Alpha Antivirus is, tell tale signs of the virus and also effects the malware has upon the infected PC
• Step 2: The Manual removal of Alpha Antivirus – In step 2 we discuss a manual approach to removing Alpha Antivirus. This requires a certain amount of technical proficiency, so we have also provided
• Step 3: Tool based removal of Alpha Antivirus – This step provides a tool based approach to removing malware. This is easier for the less technically proficient person

We gave some insight into what Alpha Antivirus is in the introduction. In step 1 we provide more detailed information on what Alpha Antivirus is and also some of the symptoms you will experience if this is installed on your PC.

Detailed overview of Alpha Antivirus Once inside your PC, the objective of the malware is to induce innocent users into parting with their money. Alpha Antivirus issues a large number of false positive popup alerts and has a range of false security scanners within the malware. These scanner also report false viruses. The product then actively encourages users to purchase a full copy of the commercial software to remove the rogue virus alerts.

This is the critical point now, whatever you do, ignore the alerts and do not part with your money and subsequently install the full version of Alpha Antivirus. If by any chance you have already done this you will have noticed that Alpha Antivirus massively compromises the PCperformance. Another side-effect is that often a fully installed version will introduce other malware onto your PC, one of which is known to attempt to steal your password information

Alpha Antivirus symptoms on an infected PC

• To summarize, if your system is contaminated with Alpha Antivirus, you are likely to encounter the majority of the following symptoms. Alpha Antivirus:

1. Decreases the internet speed of connection
2. Displays false positive virus alerts
3. Hijacks a users homepage on the browser and redirects to affiliated malicious websites
4. Installs a rootkit or Trojan in your PC
5. Slows down your computer and causes occasional PC freezes

There are two principal methods of removing Alpha Antivirus. In step 2 we discuss a manual approach to removing the malware. In step 3 we discuss a tools based approach, which will be easier for most inexperienced users to work through. Either the manual or automated approaches are effective at removing Alpha Antivirus.

The Alpha Antivirus has various names and could be installed under a number of guises. Therefore not all of the files below will need to be removed, but where you find them remove them from your PC.

Stop the Alpha Antivirus Process This process is described below:

• Press “Ctrl+Alt+Delete“, then click on the “Task Manager“.
• Select one of the two processes below that you want to stop, then click on “End Process“. The two processes are Alpha Antivirus.exe or Alpha AV.exe

Find and Delete Alpha Antivirus Files This process is described below:

• Press Windows & “E” simultaneously to reveal file folder structure
• Select the C: drive

In the search box search for the file names below, when you find them select and press delete.

• %System Root%\Samples
• %UserProfile%\Desktop\Alpha Antivirus.lnk
• %Program Files%\Alpha Antivirus
• %Program Files%\AlphaAV
• %Program Files%\AlphaAV\AlphaAV.exe
• %Program Files%\LabelCommand
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Alpha Antivirus
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Alpha Antivirus
• %WINDOWS%\system32\msnaoladdon.dll
• %WINDOWS%\system32\NetFilter.exe
• %WINDOWS%\system32\ndisapi.dll
• %WINDOWS%\system32\drivers\NDISRD.sys

% above relates to unique system variables within your PC.

Remove Alpha Antivirus Registry Values For Windows XP, implement the following routine:

1. In Windows XP, click Start, and then click on Run.
2. Type “regedit“, then click on OK. The Registry Editor will now be opened.
3. Navigate through the subkeys to find what you are looking for. Press “Ctrl + F” to locate the subkey that contains the value you want to edit. (Press F3 to Find the Next one on the list)

For Windows Vista, the routine is slightly different:

1. From start, type regedit in the search box, bottom left
2. Click on “regedit” when you see the search result and open the registry editor in Windows Vista
3. Step 3 is exactly the same as for Windows XP

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Alpha Antivirus”
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “AlphaAV”
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alpha Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Alpha Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alpha Antivirus

Please, note that manual removal of Alpha Antivirus is a procedure of some complexity and care and attention is required to the process. A lack of proficiency in the required PC technical skills or minor deviations from instructions may lead to considerable system damage.

If step 2 sounds too complex a much safer approach for the inexperienced user is to use a tool to remove Alpha Antivirus.

There are a number of tools that can safely remove Alpha Antivirus. We have defined a process below to remove the malware through the use of Malware Bytes, anti malware software:

1. Print out the full instructions below as you will have to close this window before the end of the process
2. Download the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, MBAM file , from the attached location and make sure you save it to your desktop http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup.exe
3. Once the software is downloaded, close all open programs and tabs on your computer, including this browser
4. Commence the installation of the software by double clicking the icon on your desktop for the file named mbam-setup.exe.
5. Once the installation begins, just follow the online instructions. Leave the default settings as they are and once the program is finished installing eave both of the update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware options checked off. Once complete, click on the Finish button.
6. MBAM will now start automatically and you will see a message indicating that you need to update the program before a scan is completed. MBAM automatically updates itself following the installation. Press the OK button to close this box and you will be at the main program menu.
7. On the Scanner tab, select the perform full scan option and then click the scan button to start scanning your computer for Alpha Antivirus and other viruses/malware.
8. MBAM will start to scan your computer for malware. As this process takes a long time you can do something else and periodically check the status of yours scan.
9. Once the scan is complete you will receive a message saying “The scan completed successfully. Click “show results” to display all objects found”. Click on the OK box to continue the process.
10. Now you will be back at the main scanner screen. Click on the show results button.
11. Once the results screen is displayed it will show you all the viruses found in the process.