How Do I Remove the A.targetingadvertiser.com?

A.targetingadvertiser.com is what many call a "rogue antivirus" program - a type of virus infection that's designed to act like an antivirus tool, but does nothing to help your computer. This program is nothing more than a scam which has been designed to try and steal your personal details as well as heckling you into buying a fake upgrade to the program. If you have this infection, you need to get rid of it in the most reliable way possible - by using the correct software and tools which will remove all of its damaging components from your system.

This virus is typically stored in this location on your computer:

%AppData%AWM
%AppData%AWMAWM.exe
%UserProfile%DesktopA.targetingadvertiser.com.lnk
Known as a "malware" infection, A.targetingadvertiser.com is best described as being a wolf in sheep's clothing. It posts a fake program onto your PC in the hope that its fake antivirus results, and operations will convince you to buy the false upgrade to the software. However, it is designed to try and steal your personal details (with hidden "key logger" programs), as well as trying to annoy you enough to buy the fake upgrade to the software. If you have the virus on your system, you need to get rid of the various files it has on your system, as well as all the other infections that it will also place on your PC.

Removal of this virus is actually a trickier than what most people think. The problem is that it not only has a central set of files which are continually being used to help the false application run, but it also has a number of hidden applications that are very difficult to remove if you do not have the correct files / settings. Many people mistakenly try and manually remove the virus by "uninstalling" it, or deleting the files that it uses on your system. This will not work, because even if you remove all the files that the software uses to run, it will use its other settings & files to come back.

To get rid of this virus, you need to use what's known as a "malware removal tool". This is a type of software which will remove all parts of this virus from your PC. The best tool to get rid of A.targetingadvertiser.com is one called XoftSpySE, which has been designed by a large Canadian software company called "Pareto Logic". Like an antivirus tool, but able to remove a lot more embedded viruses, the XoftSpy program will scan through your PC and remove all parts of the virus that's infecting it. To use this tool, you should download it onto your infected computer and then let it remove the various infections that are on your PC. After that, it's also recommended you use a "registry cleaner" program to scan through your system and remove the various infected settings the program left behind - which should prevent it from ever coming back.

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