Win32 Virus Removal

AWM AntiVirus is a fake antivirus application which gets into your system along with various trojans. After the AWM Antivirus virus infects your system, it will start immediately after Windows logs in and it will display various false warning messages that some files are infected and asks you to scan your system and to remove the viruses, AWM Antivirus tells you to buy the full version. This is a scam and you shouldn’t buy it as you will lose your money. See below some examples of false warning messages that the AWM Antivirus virus displays on computers :

• Your computer is infected! Windows detected spyware infection! It is recommended to use special antispyware tools to prevent dataloss. Windows will now download and install the most up-to-date antispyware for you.
• System warning! Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC. It’s highly recommended you scan your PC right now.

AWM Antivirus Main Screen

No matter what this virus tells you, please do not do what it says and in case you bought the AWM Antivirus application, then you should call the credit card company and explain that the product you just bought it is a virus and that you want to cancel the order. So, if you want to remove the AWM Antivirus virus from your PC then you should follow the instructions below :

1. First of all, you need to save the instructions in this guide in a text document which can be transferred on other PC or you can print them out or you can open this webpage on another computer. You need to do one of these action, because at some point you’ll have to close all the running applications and opened windows.
2. The AWM Antivirus might have blocked the download functions of your system, which means that you need to download the applications required to remove the virus on other PC and after that you can transfer the programs on the infected computer. You can use a USB memory stick or a CD/DVD to transfer the applications.
3. Now, you need to download the Rkill.com application. Rkill.com is a malware process killer which will end all AWM Antivirus’ processes in order for you to remove completely the virus from your system. Download Rkill.com from here and save it to your desktop.
4. Start Rkill.com to terminate all the malicious processes. Rkill will display a black window and when it completes its job, it will close automatically. Please note that AWM Antivirus might display a warning message that says the Rkill.com application is a virus. You need to ignore this messages, because all are false and AWM Antivirus virus tries to protect itself against removal. When AWM Antivirus displays warning messages, leave them opened and start Rkill.com until such messages are gone. After you terminate all the malicious processes, DO NOT RESTART your system, because AWM Anitivirus malware will be re-enabled.
5. Now you need to download the Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware application which is a tool capable of removing the AWM Antivirus virus. Click here to download Malwarebytes’.
6. After Malwarebytes’ has been downloaded, you can install it. Before you start the installation process, you need to close all the running programs and opened windows, without exceptions. Now you’re ready to install Malwarebytes’.
7. Start the installer by double-clicking the mbam-setup.exe icon. Do not change any of the default settings displayed by the Malwarebytes’ installer. Please make sure that when the installer displays its last window, the Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware boxes are both checked. Press Finish and when Malwarebytes’ asks you to restart your system, do not allow it do such action. Also, if MBAM asks you to update it, click OK and you’ll be taken to Malwarebytes’ main menu.
8. Now you should see the Scanner menu and here you need to select the ‘Perform Full Scan Option’. Hit the Scan button and the Malwarebytes’ Anti Malware will start searching your computer for AWM Antivirus malware files.
9. Now Malwarebytes’ scans you system, please note that this process might take a while until it searches your entire computer. When Malwarebytes’ completes the scan process  it will display a confirmation message, click OK and you can go on with the AWM Antivirus removal process.
10. Now you see the Scanner main menu. Here you need to press ‘Show Results’ and MBAM will display all the malicious files that your computer contains. Here’s a screenshot of the scanning process, please note that the results provided for your PC might differ from ours
    

    AWM Antivirus Scanning Results

11. To remove all the malicious software you need to press ‘Remove Selected’ and Malwarebytes’ will start removing AWM Antivirus malware. During the removal process, Malwarebytes’ will ask you to reboot your system and now you should allow it to do this action. After Windows logs back in you can go on with the rest of the removal guide.
12. After Malwarebytes’ completed the removal process, it will displays the scanning log in Notepad. After you review it you can close Notepad and Malwarebytes’.

These are all the steps that you need to follow in order to completely remove AWM Antivirus malware from your computer. I hope that you understood easily all the instructions and to stay clear of this kind of threats you need to buy and install a powerful anti-virus application or you can choose to buy the Pro version of Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware program and your system will stay free and protected against any type of malicious threat.