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Is your computer infected with Antivirus Live? Well you can take comfort in the fact you're definitely not alone! This nasty virus seems to be making its way across the net at a devastating pace. Don't sit on your hands, get rid of the virus right now.

Once installed onto your system, it's game over for you. The virus infiltrates the registry and starts creating false pop up alerts. You may also notice modifications to your desktop background and browser. The software will use spyware to record sensitive information like social security and credit card numbers.

So how did Antivirus Live get into your CPU? There can be a bunch of different ways. In particular:

• Downloading music, multimedia, and other files especially off of P2P networks. Make sure you are using trustworthy sites and scan your files before you install them. Many programs can come with bundled spyware, adware, and viruses.

• The virus got onto your CPU through a security gap in Adobe. Unfortunately Adobe software has some security bugs that infections like Antivirus Live use to get onto your CPU. To avoid this problem have antivirus software with real time protection functioning at all times.

• Grabbing malicious applications or freeware off the net. There is a reason why many of these programs are free. The developers are paid instead to bundle the software with malicious items.

While those aren't all the way you can be infected, they are just a few. If this has happened to you, the first thing to remember is ignore those annoying pop up danger warnings. Yeah you are infected. But the pop ups are just trying to scam you out of money and are created by the virus itself!

Antivirus Live Removal

In order to remove Antivirus Live you need to eliminate all its parts at once. This can include but is not limited to:

Removing all Antivirus Live related processes (any malicious EXE files)

Removing any associated DLL files (Dynamic Link Library) Removing any dangerous.lnk files associated with the virus

Go into the registry, locate and remove dangerous files in following directories

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Remember that you must remove all remnants of the malware before you reboot. Otherwise the virus will simply restore itself the next time you boot up.

These removal instructions were created for computer experts who know how to properly distinguish dangerous files. Getting rid of the wrong registry files can serious damage if you don't know what you are doing.

Fortunately there is a way to remove Antivirus Live even if you aren't great with computers. With the proper removal software you can eliminate the virus in minutes. I have found one in particular that also provides real time defense to combat potential dangers.