Antivirus Sentry

What is Antivirus Sentry?
Antivirus Sentry, an identical twin of another malware – MSAntivirus2008, is a fake antivirus program released by Innovagest 2000. Antivirus Sentry was designed for the purpose of gaining money from gullible people. It claims to offer the full version with fully anti-virus function, which actually doesn’t exist after the purchase.

Antivirus Sentry is usually installed without computer users’ consent. It loads lots of annoying pop-ups that redirect to antivirussentry.com once clicked upon. Antivirus Sentry may also hijack web browser and again lead people into visiting the same website. Antivirus Sentry is able to imitate system scan and make the pop-ups appear as infection alerts.

Do you have Antivirus Sentry?
If you have enough time and expertise, you can search your computer for Antivirus Sentry manually. However, it might take hours to find out all files of Antivirus Sentry, and it is possible that Antivirus Sentry will appear after rebooting, for its hidden files may still be there.

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Manual Antivirus Sentry removal instructions
WARNING: The manually removal method is for advanced users. Antivirus Sentry manually removal can be difficult and time-consuming. There is no guarantee that Antivirus Sentry can be completely removed, for there are hundreds of files generated when Antivirus Sentry installed on your system. Make sure to back up your computer in case that you make any mistakes and your system does not work.

Follow the instruction below for Antivirus Sentry removal manually:

Navigate and stop Antivirus Sentry processes:
AVS.exe

Navigate and Unregister Antivirus Sentry DLL Files:
N/A

Navigate and Remove Antivirus Sentry registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AVS
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AVS
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “ANTIVIRUS”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “ANTIVIRUS”

Navigate and Delete Antivirus Sentry files:
c:\\Program Files\\AVS\\AVS.exe
c:\\Program Files\\AVS\\AVS.ooo
c:\\Program Files\\AVS\\avs1.dat
c:\Program Files\AVS

What are the symptoms of Antivirus Sentry?

• Antivirus Sentry may trick people into purchasing its program
• Antivirus Sentry may be installed without computer users’ consent
• Antivirus Sentry may load lots of annoying pop-ups that redirect to antivirussentry.com
• Antivirus Sentry may display false infection alerts
• Antivirus Sentry may decrease the system performance

How do I keep away from Antivirus Sentry?
Once you have cleaned up Antivirus Sentry, the most important point to prevent Antivirus Sentry and future malicious programs from reverting is to stay suspicious of spam E-mail attachment and unknown websites. Here are several ways in which you can help protect your computer against Antivirus Sentry and other malware:

• Use a computer firewall
• Confirm that you have downloaded all the latest critical security updates
• Adjust Internet Explorer web browser’s security settings
• Download and install anti-spyware protection, such as, Spyware Cease
• Surf sites and download programs from the web sites you trust

What is Rogue AntiSpyware Program?
Antivirus Sentry is a type of Rogue AntiSpyware Program.

Rogue Anti-spyware Software is the software that uses malware to advise or install itself through other malicious viruses or security hole without your permission. Rogue software usually pops up fake system message such as “Warning, your computer is infected! Click here to scan your computer now!” Most of the time, when clicking the “OK” button on the dialog tab, users will be directed to an unknown website that may download more spyware threats. Sometimes, even clicking the close button on the top right may lead to the installation of the rogue software, for the button is actually a link.

With the purpose to trick innocent users into the action of paying, rogue software usually counterfeits exaggerated and fake system scanning results and scare users to pay for the removal of the never-existed spyware infections. In fact, the threat is the rogue software itself. Most of them come with a bundle of very harmful spyware programs that hidden in the files themselves.