You've all heard rumors about malicious software in the guise of anti-virus or anti-spyware products. The reality is that a lot of those rumors are true. One such product is Findwebnow.com (aka Doctor Guard). It has gained particular notoriety of late. It is difficult to remove Findwebnow.com, one can simply erase the visible executable file and expect the problem to be solved.
If it were easy to delete Findwebnow.com, it wouldn't pose nearly as much of a problem as it does. What makes it so tough to eliminate it, is that it attaches itself to files that can't actually be touched while an OS is running, because to do so would cause a system crash. While it is on your PC, isn't idle either, it reads all kinds of information off your hard disk, and relays it to seedy characters who sell your personal data for profit. This also has the effect of bogging down your internet connection.
Because Findwebnow.com removal is so complex, it is best to simply avoid getting it if you can, you won't have to deal with it if you don't have it to begin with. Here are activities you should be careful about:
• Using Adobe software. Adobe software is often used by viruses as an entry point, its code has certain vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Make sure you use real time virus protection when running Adobe applications, or better still, run them offline if you can.
• Adding strangers to your friends on social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace. There are actually people out there who do this deliberately to victimize other people.
• Visiting the wrong website and getting your browser hijacked. You can minimize this risk by getting real time virus protection and a good firewall.
The problem will probably start with a deluge of annoying pop-ups supposedly alerting you to infection. The pop-ups will urge you to download and install software to save yourself. If you fall for that, the real fun begins, it will be too late to simply uninstall Findwebnow.com, as it will scatter all over your system.
You don't want to try to get rid Findwebnow.com on your own,but if you do there is a process:
• Erase all related processes (related EXE files)
• Delete any associated DLL files (Dynamic Link Library),
• Delete any.lnk files associated with the virus,
• Execute the regedit command and search for and delete dangerous files in the directories
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
Even if you are an experienced user, the process is tedious and not just a bit risky. You could corrupt your operating system if you don't get it right; on top of which, if you aren't able to remove all traces of the virus, it will simply replicate itself when you reboot.
To remove Findwebnow.com safely and permanently, you should download a removal tool. It can scan your entire system in minutes, something you might take hours to do. It can find traces of it wherever they are hidden on your system; what's more it will guard you against future attacks of the same nature.
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