AVASoft Professional Antivirus: what it is and how to remove it
AVASoft Professional Antivirus is a dangerous anti-spyware, which, it seems, is going to replace Disk Antivirus Professional. Just like other malicious programs that belong to this huge group of viruses, Live Security Professional, System Progressive Protecton and others, this program gets inside the system through its backdoors and additionally modifies it in order to start its work once machine is rebooted.
Facts checked October 7, 2026. Removal steps tested on Windows 11 (26H2) and checked against Microsoft's and the browser makers' current documentation. Sections marked as our earlier report are the original text: they describe the threat as it was then and have not been reviewed since. The 2026 status, the removal steps and the questions are current.
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AVASoft Professional Antivirus: summary
| Detection names | No Microsoft detection name is known |
|---|---|
| Distribution | Not recorded in the old report |
| Damage | Not recorded in the old report |
| Name | AVASoft Professional Antivirus |
| Type | Rogue antivirus |
| Symptoms | An unknown process in Task Manager |
| Removal | Scan the PC with security software to find and remove the malware and anything installed with it. Fortect scans Windows for malware and repairs the system files and settings it damaged. Remove it nowTo use the full-featured product, you have to purchase a license for Fortect. The scan is free. |
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| Files and processes | xxxx.exe |
|---|---|
| Evidence | One write-up by a security site; details still limited |
| First seen | 26 April 2021 |
| Facts checked | 7 October 2026 |
From our report of Apr 2021 · not reviewed since
What AVASoft Professional Antivirus is
AVASoft Professional Antivirus is a dangerous anti-spyware, which, it seems, is going to replace Disk Antivirus Professional.
Just like other malicious programs that belong to this huge group of viruses, Live Security Professional, System Progressive Protecton and others, this program gets inside the system through its backdoors and additionally modifies it in order to start its work once machine is rebooted.
It should be mentioned that AVASoft Professional Antivirus looks almost identically as its forerunners and differs from them only because it has a tricky name and slightly altered design. This scheme has been helping for scammers to infect PC users and get the money from them without wasting much money.
However, you can prevent AVASoft Professional Antivirus infiltration and the money loss that can be caused by it. If you want to prevent this malware or remove AVASoft Professional Antivirus from the system, use updated anti-spyware, such as .
Is AVASoft Professional Antivirus a real security program?
- File:
xxxx.exe
From our report of Apr 2021 · not reviewed since
More from our earlier report on AVASoft Professional Antivirus
- AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall Alert AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet.
- Internet Explorer Internet Browser is infected with worm SVCHOST.Stealth.Keyloger.
- This worm is trying to send your credit card details using Internet Explorer Internet Browser to connect to remote host.
- The site you are trying visit may harm your computer!
- Your security setting level puts your computer at risk!
- Activate AVASoft Professional Antivirus, and enable safe web surfing (recommended).Ignore warnings and visit that site in the current stat (not recommended).
- System detected a potential hazard (TrojanSPM/LX) on your computer that may infect executable files.
- Your private information and PC safety is at risk.
- To get rid of unwanted spyware and keep your computer safe your need to update your current security software.
- Warning: Your computer is infected Detected spyware infection!
How AVASoft Professional Antivirus got on your PC
From our report of Apr 2021 · not reviewed since
AVASoft Professional Antivirus is distributed by Trojan horse.
This virus typically infiltrates into the PC quicker than the user notices that. So, you should always avoid clicking on commercial ads, visiting insecure websites and opening e-mails from the people you don't know. As soon as it gets inside the system, Trojan drops new registry values and creates several harmless files that additionally will be included into AVASoft Professional Antivirus alerts and notifications.
After all these preparations, rogue anti-spyware starts pretending that it can work properly: it starts scanning the system and additionally reports about various viruses detected. Be sure that these messages are really annoying because they appear every time you start your browsing sessions. Here are they:
Please, ignore these messages because they are fake. In reality, AVASoft Professional Antivirus seeks to create a need of its licensed version and then asks to pay for it. Instead of doing that, you should remove this rogue without any delay because it can slow the system down and let more viruses to come on your computer.
How to remove AVASoft Professional Antivirus
Nothing it reports is real.
These steps remove it and undo a payment if you made one.
Step 1: Do not pay, and undo a payment if you made one
AVASoft Professional Antivirus reports problems to sell a licence: the "threats" or "errors" it lists are invented or harmless leftovers. If you already paid, ask your card issuer to dispute the charge and cancel the subscription both in the seller's account and through your bank.
If you called a phone number it showed and let someone connect, treat the PC as remotely accessed and remove the remote tool. Uninstalling it from Windows 11 or Windows 10 does not cancel a subscription by itself.
Full procedure with screenshots: What to do after paying a scammer
Step 2: Uninstall programs you did not mean to install
Open Settings > Apps > Installed apps in Windows 11, or Settings > Apps > Apps & features in Windows 10, and sort the list by install date. Look at what appeared around the day the problem started and uninstall every program you do not recognise or did not choose.
Free converters, PDF and video tools, "system optimizers" and unknown browsers are the usual carriers of AVASoft Professional Antivirus. If a name is unclear, search for it before you remove it, so you do not uninstall a driver or a Windows component.
Full procedure with screenshots: Uninstall a program or app in Windows On uGetFix
Step 3: Remove it from startup
Whatever AVASoft Professional Antivirus installed usually starts with Windows.
Open Task Manager with Ctrl + Shift + Esc, go to Startup apps in Windows 11 or the Startup tab in Windows 10, and disable what you do not know, starting with entries that have an empty Publisher column.
Open file location on the right-click menu shows the file, which helps you decide and tells you what to delete later. Disabling is safe: if something you need stops working, switch it back on.
Full procedure with screenshots: Stop apps from opening at startup On uGetFix
Step 4: Delete the folders left behind
What the uninstaller leaves behind is usually in the user folders. Open File Explorer, switch on View > Show > Hidden items (in Windows 10 View > Hidden items), and go through
%LocalAppData%,%AppData%, %ProgramData% and the two Program Files folders.Sort by Date modified and delete folders that appeared together with the problem and belong to no program you use. Folders with random names that hold
.exe,.dll, .js or .ps1 files are the strongest sign.Full procedure with screenshots: Remove what malware leaves behind in Windows
Step 5: Scan the PC, then run the offline scan
Open Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Scan options, run a Full scan and remove everything it finds. Then select Microsoft Defender Antivirus (offline scan) and click Scan now: the PC restarts and scans before Windows loads, which finds files that hide while Windows runs.
Save your work first, because the offline scan takes about 15 minutes. Both scans are built into Windows 11 and Windows 10, and a second scanner from another vendor is a useful extra opinion.
Windows 11: Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Scan options. Full procedure with screenshots: Run a Microsoft Defender Offline scan
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From our report of Apr 2021 · not reviewed since
HOW TO REMOVE AVASoft Professional Antivirus?
First of all, contact your credit card company and dispute the charges if you have purchased this rogue.
Then, remove its infectecd files from the system. However, If you can't launch your anti-spyware, use these essential steps:
1. Download . It is designed to run even when it is blocked, just change the name of its executable from xxxx.exe to xxxx.com. 2.
Try registering malware by using this code, which has been working with earlier parasites from WinWebSec: AA39754E-715219CE . It will make your malware think that you have purchased it.
Questions about AVASoft Professional Antivirus
What is xxxx.exe and why is it running?
Every process is started by something:
- a program you installed
- a Windows service
- a scheduled task
- a startup entry
To learn why xxxx.exe runs, find its file with Open file location in Task Manager, then look for an entry pointing to that file in Settings > Apps > Startup and in Task Scheduler.
Sort Installed apps by date to see what arrived when the process first appeared. Once you know the owner, you can decide whether to keep it, switch it off at startup or uninstall it completely.
xxxx.exe keeps coming back. What should I do?
A process that returns after you end it has a restart mechanism, and that is a reason to treat xxxx.exe as unwanted. Check Settings > Apps > Startup, Task Scheduler and the Services list for entries pointing to its folder, and disable them.
Look in Installed apps for anything added the same day and uninstall it. Then delete the folder and run a Microsoft Defender Offline scan, which works before Windows starts and can remove files that are locked or hidden while the system is running.
I let a technician connect to my PC because of AVASoft Professional Antivirus. Is it safe now?
Not until you check. While connected, the caller could install other programs, create a user account or look at saved passwords. Disconnect from the internet, uninstall the remote access program and anything else installed during the call, and run a full scan and the Microsoft Defender offline scan.
From another device, change your e-mail and banking passwords and turn on two-step verification. If the caller opened your online banking, call the bank today. A reset of Windows is the safest option if you cannot tell what was done.
Why does AVASoft Professional Antivirus look so official?
Because copying the design costs nothing and makes people trust it. The program behind an unfamiliar process called xxxx.exe in Task Manager borrows Windows colours, icons and wording, sometimes even the name of a well-known security brand. None of that gives it access to real security information.
A real alert can be checked in seconds: open Windows Security from the Start menu and look at Protection history. If nothing is listed there, the official-looking window is fake, and the program that draws it is what needs to be removed.
Do I need to buy antivirus after removing AVASoft Professional Antivirus?
No. Windows 11 and Windows 10 include Microsoft Defender in Windows Security, which provides real-time protection, scheduled scans, the offline scan and protection against unwanted apps at no cost. Keep it switched on and updated, and turn on Reputation-based protection under App & browser control.
If you prefer a third-party product, buy it from the vendor's own site after reading independent test results, never from a pop-up or a phone call. The lesson of AVASoft Professional Antivirus is that security offers which arrive unasked are the ones to avoid.
I called the number from AVASoft Professional Antivirus. What now?
End the call and do not let them reconnect. If they installed a remote-access tool, disconnect the PC from the internet and uninstall that tool from Installed apps. Change passwords for e-mail, banking and anything you typed during the call, using another device.
If you paid, contact the bank today for a chargeback. Report the number to the authorities in your country. The program behind an unfamiliar process called xxxx.exe in Task Manager still needs removing: follow the plan in this guide, then run a full scan in Windows Security.
Should I reset my PC because of AVASoft Professional Antivirus?
Only if the signs point to deeper access. Reset when you see an unfamiliar process called xxxx.exe in Task Manager again after removal, when Windows Security cannot start or update, when remote access tools you did not install keep appearing, or when you simply cannot trust the PC any more.
Otherwise, the plan in this guide plus an offline scan is enough. If you do reset, choose Remove everything and Cloud download for a fresh copy of Windows, restore only documents and photos, and reinstall programs from their official sites. Change important passwords from the clean system afterwards.
What should I do if I already clicked or replied to AVASoft Professional Antivirus?
Stop all contact, do not click anything else and secure your accounts right away. If you typed a password, change it at once from a clean device, then turn on two-factor authentication.
If you gave card or bank details, call the bank on the number printed on your card and ask to block or replace it. If you installed something or allowed remote access, disconnect from the internet and follow the removal plan. Keep screenshots and the message, because they help when you report it.
Will Fortect remove AVASoft Professional Antivirus?
Fortect scans Windows for malware and unwanted programs and repairs the system files and settings they change, and its free scan shows what it finds on your PC before you decide anything.
For AVASoft Professional Antivirus, follow the plan above as well: the browser steps take back permissions and settings that no scanner treats as a threat, and uninstalling the program that brought it removes the source.
Run Microsoft Defender's full scan and, if anything was found, its offline scan as a second opinion. If the symptoms are gone after the plan and both scans are clean, there is nothing more to do.
Sources
- FTC: How to recognize, remove and avoid malware (read October 7, 2026)
- Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Defender Offline (read October 7, 2026)
- Microsoft Learn: How Microsoft names malware (read October 7, 2026)