Active Pro Security

The website active-prosecurity.com features and promotes the Active Pro Security 2011 antivirus as an impressive computer security solution.

Active Pro Security Scam: Ultimate protection and secure?
The active-prosecurity site is supposedly operated by Active Pro Security Technologies aka A-Soft. While the Active Pro Security Antivirus may appear as a legitimate and working security software, this program is actually another clone of fake antiviruses such as the Active Security. A similar malicious site is the activeguardpro.com. You are discouraged to buy Active Pro Security.

Symptoms of activeprosecurity virus infection
Fake antiviruses are known to cause browser hijacking. They can also cause infected computers to show fake system scans. The Active Pro Security virus may show these symptoms.

Active Pro Security Removal: How to remove Active Pro Security malware

For information on how to get rid of Active Pro Security, you can read this page on removing fake antiviruses in infected computers.

* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.