Antivirus 2012

The rogue XP antivirus 2012, Vista Antivirus 2012 and Win Antivirus 2012 may all appear as legitimate antiviruses but they are actually scarewares promoted by the fake antivirus 2012 virus.

Antivirus 2012
Like most fake softwares and predecessors of the virus antivirus 2012, this malware is characterized by causing computers to show annoying popups and misleading alerts and adverts promoting the antivirus 2012 hoax software. The malware entices computer users to pay for download and registration of the fake antivirus 2012 but this won't actually rid your PC of malwares. Related malicious softwares include the antivirus ultimate and microsoft windows guardian.

Fake Antivirus 2012 removal: How to remove Antivirus 2012 virus

* 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. The fake microsoft antivirus 2012 virus should now be gone.

For a detailed guide on how to get rid of antivirus 2012, refer to the post below:
Fake antivirus removal. This will give you a detailed guide on how to remove fake antivirus.exe.