Anti-malware Lab Removal Process (remove AntimalwareLab)

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Anti-malware Lab

Anti-malware Lab is a deceiving program that is known to be a plagiarized security tool for PCs. Not only is Anti-malware Lab a fake security tool, but it is used by cybercrooks to ultimately steal money from you. You may ask, how in the world can a program steal money from you? Simple… Anti-malware Lab will pretend that it has found many parasites on your computer and then tell you that if you want to remove them you must buy the Anti-malware Lab program for upwards of $80 or more. Buying Anti-malware Lab will not give it the magic ability to remove the threats that it supposedly found because they are not even in existence in the first place. It is best to take action now to remove Anti-malware Lab before it removes the money in your wallet.

Are you getting popups from Anti-malware Lab? Have you identified that you have Anti-malware Lab installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Anti-malware Lab completely from your computer?

Why should you remove Anti-malware Lab?

If Anti-malware Lab resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that Anti-malware Lab may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking Anti-malware Lab removal process.

How can you manually remove Anti-malware Lab

Manual removal of Anti-malware Lab may not be for everyone. Each manual Anti-malware Lab removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic Anti-malware Lab removal process.

Anti-malware Lab can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate Anti-malware Lab in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Anti-malware Lab, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures" = "1"

   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1"

   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Anti-Malware Lab"

   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options "Debugger" = "svchost.exe"

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Anti-malware Lab. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with Anti-malware Lab from your computer.

   %AppData%\Anti-Malware Lab

   %AppData%\Anti-Malware Lab\cookies.sqlite

   %AppData%\Anti-Malware Lab\Instructions.ini

   %CommonAppData%\[random]

   %CommonAppData%\[random]\[random]

   %CommonAppData%\[random]\[random].dll

   %CommonAppData%\[random]\[random].exe

   %CommonAppData%\[random]\[random].mof

   %CommonAppData%\[random]\[random].ocx

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with Anti-malware Lab, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with Anti-malware Lab by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Anti-malware Lab folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed Anti-malware Lab completely from your computer. If you find that Anti-malware Lab is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Anti-malware Lab removal process.