How to remove Advanced Virus Remover

Summary
At first glance, Advanced Virus Remover seems like a perfectly legit antivirus program, except it is not. Advanced Virus Remover is a bogus antivirus program which must be removed upon detection. It is a rogue tool which attempts to sell users ‘Advanced Virus Remover’ which does nothing at all.
Advanced Virus Remover is also known as Advanced Virus Removal and PAVRM.exe. Read on to find out how to tackle this spyware issue.

Please note that manual removal does not always work and you are only advised to use these spyware removal instructions if you are comfortable in doing so (disclaimer).

Remove the following processes:

Remove the following registry values:

Remove the following files and directories:

To remove Advanced Virus Remover automatically, we recommend that you try out Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. It is a free spyware blocker which is very effective in removing many of the latest spyware which hit the net. One user on Yahoo Answers successfully removed Advanced Virus Remover using Malwarebytes (source).

If you have another spyware blocker installed, then use it to perform a full scan. If the spyware blocker does not detect anything then I suggest you try using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. It is free after all so you make no loss whatsoever. Click here to download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

1. Download and install a Spyware Removal program of your choice.

2. Once installation is complete, load the Spyware Removal Program and navigate to the scanning section.

3. Most if not all Spyware Removal programs should give you the choice to either do a smart scan or a full scan. Choose the full scan.

4. Wait until the scan is complete. It may take as much as an hour depending on how many files you have on your computer.

5. Once the scan is complete, look through each ‘threat’ which the spyware removal program detected and remove/quarantine them immediately.