Remove Alphawipe. Description and removal instructions

Title: Alphawipe	Also known as: Alpha wipe, AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2008, AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006
Type: Malware	Severity scale: (80 / 100)

Alphawipe is a rogue history cleaner - a fake history cleaner, which uses various tactics to prove it's legitimacy and thus to get purchased. Albeit the most typical type of rogue is one that masquerades as an anti-spyware utility, there is really no difference: both types infect the system by using trojans and both types use scare tactics to intimidate the user in hopes of getting purchased. The intimidation is usually done by displaying popups and fake system notifications to "inform" the user of insecure browser history files etc.

Alphawipe is a scam and should be treated as such: do NOT download or buy it and block Alphawipe.com using your HOSTS file.

AlphaWipe used to named AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006, but since September 2008 it changed it's "brand" to AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2008. The name is not matter in this case as all of them represent the same malware.

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Related files: alphawipe.url, AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner.lnk, Uninstall AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006.lnk, AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006.lnk, AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006 on the Web.lnk, alphawipe.exe, alphawipe_setup[1].exe

Alphawipe properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Alphawipe removal:

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Alphawipe manual removal:

Kill processes:
alphawipe.exe alphawipe_setup[1].exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete files:
alphawipe.url AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner.lnk Uninstall AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006.lnk AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006.lnk AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006 on the Web.lnk alphawipe.exe alphawipe_setup[1].exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
%ProgramFiles%\AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006
%ProgramFiles%\AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2008

Other programs to remove Alphawipe:

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

Information added: 10/04/08
Information updated: 12/09/08

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