Overall Risk Level:
Anti Spam Boy is a fake anti-spam application that pretends to eliminate unwanted pop-ups on the computer.
Other Alias: Adware.AntiSpamBoy
Threat Level: Low
Systems Affected: Windows - All
Source: Symantec
How to Remove Anti Spam Boy:
On this page is our suggested (by precisesecurity) removal procedure and Visitor's own suggestion. We cannot control and evaluate each suggested procedure so please use it at your own risks. If no suggestion is present to remove virus, spyware, adware and malware, you may try the following:- Remove Anti Spam Boy with Standard Virus Scan
- Scan Anti Spam Boy with MalwareByte's Anti-Malware
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1. Temporarily Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP). [how to]
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Uninstall the Adware program
a) Click Start > Settings > Control Panel or Start > Control Panel (this varies with the operating system).
b) In the Control Panel window, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
c) Click the Adware you want to remove.
d) Click Add/Remove, Change/Remove, or Remove (this varies with the operating system). Follow the prompts.
4. Reboot computer in SafeMode [how to]
5. Run a full system scan and clean/delete all infected file(s)
6. Delete/Modify any values added to the registry. [how to edit registry]
Navigate to and delete the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Anti Spam Boy_is1
7. Exit registry editor and restart the computer.
8. In order to make sure that threat is completely eliminated from your computer, carry out a full scan of your computer using AntiVirus and Antispyware Software. Another way to delete the virus using various Antivirus Program without the need to install can be done with Online Virus Scanner.
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