How to Remove the Win 7 Anti-Virus 2011 virus from your Computer

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Win 7 Anti-Virus 2011 is a treacherous spyware that mimics a security application. Most people may have put up with it because the untrained eye will mistake it for a component of Windows 7, while in truth it is far from that.  The program issues fake alerts, inhibiting the working of the real application, forcibly tricking you into making a purchase of the ‘full version’. It is characterized by annoying pop-ups warning of a system danger, and how security has been compromised. Sometimes, the Trojan is more subtle, taking on different names, which all have the Win 7 prefix. Once it is installed in your system, it informs you of a scan (fake) performed and present you with a list of threats. It’s from here that you are prompted to purchase the full version so that you can combat the attacks. It’s quite annoying, and you might not be able to find the source you got it from, but luckily, there is a way of getting rid of it.

The Options you have

There are two options available when you want to remove the spyware from your computer. Before these are detailed, it would be good to mention that there are spyware and malware removal applications available to remove the Win 7 Anti-Virus 2011 Trojan. But the abundance of these and the subsequent lack of reviews makes it a little hard to know which ones work and which ones don’t. Then there is the probable risk of them becoming part of the problem if they’re ineffective, and cannot be properly uninstalled. Only download removal software from sites you trust.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial that will help you a bit to remove the virus; you can use this simple manual method

1. Restart your computer

2. Before Windows loads, press F8 until a menu is displayed. You may have to do this repeatedly.

3. In the menu options that are shown to you, navigate to the option ‘Safe Mode with Networking’. You can use the arrow keys for navigation and press enter to register the command.

4. Run the antispyware/antimalware application that you have downloaded.

5. Repeat steps, but choose Normal mode instead of Safe mode with networking.

6. The Win 7 Anti-Virus 2011 spyware should be disinfected.

Alternatively if you are computer savvy and do not hesitate to dive right under the hood of it, you can try doing some registry editing. The method is convenient for those who know their way around but complicated, and consequently risky for those inexperienced with the registry, as deleting components of it can disable parts of the system. With this method, you are supposed to find the registry keys created by the Win 7 Anti-Virus 2011 malware and delete all of them.

Finally, you can try a system restore to see if that will get rid of the problem. It’s probably the easiest method here, since all you do is choose a restoration point which ideally, should be before the Win 7 Anti-Virus 2011 starts acting up, such as with the annoying pop-ups.