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Danger level 6
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Common infection symptoms:
  • Slow internet connection
  • Slow Computer
  • Shows commercial adverts
  • Normal system programs crash immediatelly
  • Installs itself without permissions
  • Annoying Pop-up's

Fake.Advance

Fake.Advance is yet another malicious rogue antispyware application that has been designed for malicious purposes.Fake.Advance will make use of a variety of tricks and tactics in order to try and convince you to buy the full version.Fake.Advance will trick you into thinking that you have various horrible threats running on your computer system. The truth of the matter is that the only real horrible threat which your computer system is infected by is the malicious Fake.Advance itself.

Fake.Advance may go by the following names:
• FakeAdvance
• Fake Advance

Fake.Advance may display some of the following symptoms:
• Annoying pop up messages.
• A fake scan report.
• Fake scan report results.
• Security system notifications.
• The option of buying a full version.
• Slow computer performance.
• Desktop settings that change.
• Your web browser may be redirected.

Fake.Advance will make use of a fake system scan which starts scanning your computer. You mustn't be fooled by this scan even though it will look real. You also mustn't be fooled by the fake system scan report results as this is one big malicious scam in order to try and convince you that you have all types of threats on your machine. The main objective behind Fake.Advance is to try and trick you into buying the full version. Once it has claimed that you have all types of threats running on your computer, you will be offered the opportunity to buy the full version for a small fee, which promises to remove these threats.

In order to remove Fake.Advance from your computer, it is imperative that you make use of a decent antispyware removal product that is able to both detect and automatically remove Fake.Advance for you. You can try the manual removal process, but you need to be warned that if you do something incorrectly, you run the risks of further damaging your computer. It is extremely important to drop everything that you are doing and to concentrate entirely on removingFake.Advance from your machine. When it comes to the malicious Fake.Advance, it is seriously suggested that you don't take any chances.

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How to manually remove Fake.Advance

Files associated with infection (Fake.Advance):

ian_monitor.exe

Processes to kill (Fake.Advance):

ian_monitor.exe

Remove registry entries (Fake.Advance):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONRUN SM_IAN
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ SM_IAN
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