How to Remove AVBoost Adware

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Тhe AVBoost application is classified as adware (ad-supported software). This tool can never be beneficial to you. On the contrary, it is jeopardizing your privacy and security. This tool uses aggressive marketing strategies to promote services and goods. In theory, the adware will monitor your online habits and select only ads that will be useful to you. In practice, however, the adware spies on you and sells the data to third parties. You will see ads based on your online activities. This is inevitable. Coupons and great deals will cover all opened websites. Ad-blocking tools are useless again the adware. You will see ad banners and pop-up ads. You will get yourself constantly redirected to shady websites. Your browsing experience will be ruined. The AVBoost adware will invade your computer. It will infect all installed web browsers. You can’t hide from the adware. Admit that you have a problem and act to remove it. This tool can never be beneficial to you. Don’t hesitate to remove it. You can do it manually or you can use an automated solution. You have options. Don’t waste your time. The longer this adware remains on your computer, the more aggressive the commercials will become. Your computer, too, will be affected. You will notice that it performs poorly. You are not imagining it. The AVBoost adware is running on your CPU and uses a lot of RAM. This malicious app has never been meant to be a light program. It consumes an enormous amount of computer resources. It may cause some older machines to freeze and crash frequently. Do yourself a favor. Remove this intrude ASAP!

How did I get infected with?

The AVBoost utility uses multiple methods to travel the web. It may have arrived as an extra program to some freeware you downloaded off the Internet. Or, it may have presented itself as an update for some app of yours. All malware distribution techniques rely on one same thing – your carelessness. Be vigilant instead. When installing a program, opt for advanced setup method. If you are installing a bundle, proceed with caution. Developers often attach malicious apps to the installation files of many free programs. Install only the tools you trust. If you suspect that there is something wrong with apps you are about to install, there probably is a good reason for that. Trust your instincts, abort the installation immediately. Download your programs from reliable websites only. If you see a message stating that an app of yours needs an update, go to the vendor’s official website. Download the newest version from there. If you continue to see the update notice, your PC is probably infected. Run a full system scan with a trustworthy anti-virus program. Be always vigilant. Your caution can spare you tons of troubles.

Why is this dangerous?

The AVBoost adware is extremely annoying. This app uses a pay-per-click marketing system. For every ad you click on, the owners of the malicious tool will be paid. This is the reason why you see so many apps. This is also the reason why so many shady businesses are using the hijacker to promote. The owners of this app don’t care about your security. They care about money. Therefore, anyone willing to spend money can use their malicious program to promote. Hackers often get an advantage of such programs. They spread malicious content via hijackers. We often say that browser hijackers act as open doors for online threats. If you click on a corrupted link or ad, a virus may be downloaded directly on your computer. There is no way to tell which ads are corrupted and which are not. Therefore, don’t click on any commercials while your PC remains infected. This task, however, is easier said than done. The adware will try to trick you into clicking on an ad unintentionally. At the most unexpected times, it will open pop-up windows right under the cursor of your mouse. Eventually, you will click on some advert. Therefore, don’t waste your time. Remove the AVBoost adware immediately. Follow our guide and delete this intruder manually. If you prefer automated solutions, you can always download a trustworthy anti-malware program.

How to Remove AVBoost virus

The AVBoost infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the AVBoost infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down AVBoost in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate AVBoost startup location

STEP 3: Delete AVBoost traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down AVBoost in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate AVBoost startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean AVBoost virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean AVBoost traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the AVBoost by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by AVBoost

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for AVBoost, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove AVBoost argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove AVBoost Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.