Description of rogue awm.exe
This malware is part of rogue program AWM Antivirus. It is installed onto your computer through some trojan downloader. Once it is active, it will perform a fake system scan and report a lot of infected items, actually those items do not exist at all. And then it will require you to purchase its full version to remove those false infection. This malware also blocks some security programs from running and disables your internet connection.
Objects of rogue awm.exe
Registry Value:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run: "awm"="%UserProfile%"\Application Data\AWM\AWM.exe
Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AWM
File:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\AWM\AWM.exe
%UserProfile%\Desktop\AWM Antivirus.lnk
Folder:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\AWM
How to remove rogue awm.exe with Adware Away
Adware Away can completely remove rogue awm.exe and all related malware. Just follow the steps below:
- 1. Launch Adware Away
- 2. Click "Start Scan" button and wait for the scan completes
- 3. Click "Fix Selected" button in the scan result window
- 4. Reboot your computer if Adware Away prompts to reboot.
Adware Away scan result for rogue awm.exe (Note: result may be different between different variants)
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Customizing removal to remove any new variant of rogue awm.exe
If the above automatical method doesn't work, you can request a customizing removal service to let us help you remove this new variant manually, just follow the steps below:
- 1. Launch Adware Away.
- 2. Click "Customizing Removal" tab.
- 3. Click "Diagnostic Scan" button and wait for the scan completes.
- 4. Send us the scan log file.
- 5. Our technical support will analyze your log file and send you back a removal guide file
- 6. When you receive the removal guide file, just drag and drop it into Adware Away window, the removal to the new variant will be done.