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Rogue:Win32/FakeScanti
Aliases: OpenCloud Security (other) OpenCloud Antivirus (other) Win32/WindowsAntivirusPro.F (CA) FakeAlert-GA.dll (McAfee) Adware/WindowsAntivirusPro (Panda) Trojan.Fakeavalert (Symantec) AKM Antivirus 2010 (other) BlueFlare Antivirus (other) Milestone Antivirus (other) PC Protector (other) Sysinternals Antivirus (other) Trojan:Win32/FakeScanti (other) TrojanDownloader:Win32/FakeScanti (other) Windows Antivirus Pro (other) Windows Police Pro (other) Wireshark Antivirus (other) Wolfram Antivirus (other) Your PC Protector (other) Open Cloud AV (other) Security Guard 2012 (other) AV Guard Online (other) Guard Online (other) AV Protection Online (other) Cloud Protection (other) System Security 2011 (other) System Security 2012 (other) AV Security 2012 (other) AV Protection 2011 (other) Cloud AV 2012 (other)
Summary
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. See the Win32/FakeScanti description for more information.
The following free Microsoft software detects and removes this threat:
- Microsoft Security Essentials or, for Windows 8, Windows Defender
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Even if we've already detected and removed this particular threat, running a full scan might find other malware that is hiding on your PC.
You can also visit the Microsoft virus and malware community for more help.
