Win 7 Anti-virus 2013 Virus Removal Guide (Windows)
Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023, also known as Windows 7 Antivirus 2023, is a fake antivirus application. While Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 symbol is the Windows logo, the program is not associated with Windows or with Microsoft. The program will pose as a real antivirus application when in reality it is a fake antivirus application. Once installed, Win 7 Anti-virus 2013 will scan and provide a fake scan on the computer. Once complete, it will provide a fictitious scan result in hopes that the user will purchase the program.
When attempting to run Internet Explorer, Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 will not allow the user to visit websites on the internet even through the internet is working. The main workaround is to right click on the Internet Explorer icon and click “Run as Administrator.” The application is one of many fake computer security applications released in January 2023. The most prominent previous version of Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 was called Win 7 Security 2023.
The executable for Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 is similar to AV.exe and AVE.exe, which are the main executable of previous clones of this virus. Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 will modify the registry; therefore, the registry must be fixed before removing the main executable file. The comments for AV.exe and comments for AVE.exe may provide insight into the successful removal of Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023. These two pages have roughly a combined 170 comments.
The good news is that the fake antivirus application can be removed. Below is our recommended removal tool for Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023. The removal tool has been rated 5 cows out of 5 by Tucows and was previously CNET’s Editor’s Choice. Feel free to download it below.
We recommend reading through our removal tips if you plan to manually remove Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023. The user comments for Win 7 Security 2023 will also assist in the manual remove of Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023. Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 will create a warning about Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen and an Internet Explorer alert.
View Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 Files
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Manual Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 Removal –
Stop Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 Processes (Learn How To Do This)
[random letters].exe
Each computer will have a different process for Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023. However, the process will always consist of three lower cased random letters.
Remove Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 Files (Learn How To Do This)
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\[random letters].exe
Turn on “show hidden files” and turn off “hide protected operating system files” in order to see the main files for Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023. This feature can be found in the folder options in the view tab.
Remove Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023
Remove Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
[random letters].exe
Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023 can be removed with many different methods. Therefore, please feel free to share a solution that may have used to remove Win 7 Anti-Virus 2023.
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