I’m not sure what makes Advanced Virus Remover so advanced. All Advanced Virus Remover is designed to do is generate popups as soon you you start up your computer so it can scare you into buying the “full” version of Advanced Virus Remover. Advanced Virus Remover does this by saying you have various infections on your computer and if you cough up, it will remove them.

Advanced Virus Remover has been reported to generate the following popups:

System warning! Continue working in unprotected mode is very dangerous. Viruses can damage your confidential data and work on your computer. Click here to protect your computer

Critical vulnerabilities found! Proactive system found several active vulnerabilities on your computer. Please read the following instructions before you continue. Your system is at risk of being damaged by existing viruses – This can lead to PC freezes, crashes, erratic behavior, and data loss. Please run virus removal tool to protect your system.

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.

There are no detailed manual removal instructions for Malware Catcher yet so just follow these instructions in the mean time.

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make life a little easier. Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for Advanced Virus Remover and delete any folder using this name.

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