General Antivirus is a rough anti spyware program which infects a computer rapidly. It usually gets installed in your PC without your knowledge or consent. Your PC may get infected if you do not take proper security measures or the PC comes in touch with Trojan at the time of browsing internet.

Once it gets installed it will bombard your PC with false warning about the presence of several malicious stuffs on the computer. It will also perform fake scans and shows fake scan results. The sole intension of this fake anti spyware is to scare the computer users so that they buy the complete fake version of this malicious software and scam their money.

It lures the users by using warnings and a logo which have similarity with the logo and alerts of Microsoft. But the most dangerous characteristic of General Antivirus is that it takes control of the browser and redirects you to a malicious website. It downloads spiteful code which can steal all your confidential online information and keep your online identity at risk. Therefore it is necessary to eliminate this malware from your PC as soon as you get the trace of it.

How to remove it easily and quickly

You can remove this virus both manually as well as automatically by using virus removal tool. To execute the removal process you may follow the steps mentioned below:

1.Block the attached websites
2.Look for the malicious procedures: GenAvir.exe, file.exe, GeneralAntivirus.exe, services.exe, iv.exe, and unins000.exe by using Task Manager and remove them.    
3.Unregister General Antivirus.lnk files
Buy License.lnk
settings.ini
uill.ini
4.Remove associated files that are in the directories:
%common files%
%ApplicationData%
%Documents and Settings%
%UserProfile%
5.Remove the rough registry entries from the registry folders mentioned below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_CURRENT_USER

The people who are not computer expert or do not have a clear conception about the whole process should not try to remove this virus manually. This process needs to delete extremely sensitive registry files. If it is not executed properly the entire system can get damaged. Therefore automatic removal using General Antivirus removal tool would be the best option for them.

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Sarah Jones, a decade old in the industry, writes on technology and computer-related issues. Her focus is on hardware troubleshooting. Writing on remote support of PC's is her forte. The informative articles coherently explain technical complications. Sarah, who belongs to Bertford, has an eye for new development in technology and equips her readers with in-depth information on the same.

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