Remove Active-scanner.com. Description and removal instructions

Title: Active-scanner.com
Type: Browser Hijackers	Severity scale: (77 / 100)

Active-scanner.com is pesky browser hijacker. It keeps redirecting web browser to the same fraudulent website. The website is the same as hijacker’s name: active-scanner.com.

Do not trust a thing posted on that website! Active-scanner.com is one of dozens web sources that distributes Antivirus2009 malware. Logo of Active-scanner.com (and Antivirus 2009) is almost identical to the one used by Windows operating systems. Nevertheless, neither Antivirus2009 nor active-scanner.com is related to Microsoft in any way.

This browser hijacker makes browsing the Internet impossible because active-scanner.com becomes the only website that works. As the website is designed to look like security center and the hijacker limits internet connection, victims of this malware are lead to believe that it’s Windows that display the security notifications. All the alerts loaded on active-scanner.com are falsified in order to push people into buying Antivirus 2009. Downloading Antivirus2009 brings more pop-ups and less control over infected computer. Remove active-scanner.com hijacker as soon as possible.

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Active-scanner.com properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Active-scanner.com removal:

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Other programs to remove Active-scanner.com:

• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 28/10/08
Information updated: 28/10/08

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