Total Anti Malware Protection Description

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Total Anti Malware Protection is a kind of scamware application that pretends to be a legitimate anti-malware program. Using misleading system alerts, fake system scans, and aggressive tactics, Total Anti Malware Protection will attempt to convince you that it is actually a real anti-virus program while, in fact, Total Anti Malware Protection is a kind of malware infection itself. Malware programs such as Total Anti Malware Protection are known as rogue security programs. Total Anti Malware Protection belongs to a large family of these kinds of bogus security programs known as the VirusDoctor family of rogue security software. If your computer has been infected with Total Anti Malware Protection, ESG team of PC security researchers strongly advises against believing any of its claims. Total Anti Malware Protection should be removed immediately with a real, legitimate security program.

Understanding the Total Anti Malware Protection Scam

Despite its name, Total Anti Malware Protection has no real anti-virus components. This program carries out a well known scam that involves trying to convince its victims that their computer system is severely infected with malware. Pretending to be a real anti-malware program, it will harass you with a constant stream of alarming security alerts. However, if you try to remove any of this nonexistent malware with Total Anti Malware Protection, it results in error messages and browser redirects claiming that a ‘full version ‘ of Total Anti Malware Protection needs to be purchased in order to fix your computer system. Basically, Total Anti Malware Protection will wreak havoc in your computer in an effort to convince you to buy bogus anti-malware software.

Protecting Your Computer from Total Anti Malware Protection and Its Clones

Total Anti Malware Protection has plenty of clones, since the VirusDoctor family is quite extensive. Examples of these include malware such as Security Shield and Security Shield 2012. Total Anti Malware Protection and its clones usually have self-defense mechanisms that allow them to disable real security software found on an infected computer system. They are also designed to thwart any attempt to connect to security-related websites or to launch security-related applications with error messages and browser redirects. To stop this from happening, ESG team of malware analysts recommends either starting up the infected computer system from an external memory device or in Safe Mode. This will prevent Total Anti Malware Protection from launching automatically. Then, it is a simple matter of using a reliable anti-malware program to remove Total Anti Malware Protection automatically.

Type: Rogue Anti-Virus Program

How Can You Detect Total Anti Malware Protection?

‘How Total Anti Malware Protection Infects Your Computer’ Video

Total Anti Malware Protection Removal Details

Total Anti Malware Protection creates the following files in the system:

• %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Total Anti Malware Protection.lnk
• %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
• %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Total Anti Malware Protection.lnk

Total Anti Malware Protection creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun\[1...15]
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\[RANDOM].exe\Debugger = svchost.exe
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Total Anti Malware Protection = “%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\a2r3fq\FPa1a_7294.exe” /s /d
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun = 01000000

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