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How to remove Antimalware Doctor (Uninstall instructions)

Myantispyware team February 20, 2010    

Antimalware Doctor is a rogue antispyware program that distributed and installed throught trojans. The rogue detects false infections and displays numerous fake security warnings in order to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected with a lot of malware. It hopes that you will then purchase a full version of Antimalware Doctor.

When the trojan that installs Antimalware Doctor is started, it will download, then install the rogue on to your computer. During installation, the fake antispyware application will be registered in the Windows registry to run automatically when Windows loads. Immediately after launch, Antimalware Doctor will start to scan your computer and reports a lot of various infections that will not be fixed unless you first purchase the software. Important to know, all of these infections are a fake and do not actually exist on your computer.

What is more, Antimalware Doctor constantly displays various security alerts. However, all of these alerts ara fake and like the false scan results supposed to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected. So you can safely ignore all that the parasitic program gives you.

As you can see, Antimalware Doctor is a scam that created with one purpose to trick you into purchasing so-called “full” version of the program. If you find that your computer is infected with this malware, then be quick and take effort to remove it immediately. Use the removal guide below to remove Antimalware Doctor from your computer for free.

Symptoms in a HijackThis Log

O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [Antimalware Doctor.exe] C:\Windows\System32\Antimalware Doctor.exe

Use the following instructions to remove Antimalware Doctor (Uninstall instructions)

Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM). Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer.

Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MalwareBytes Anti-malware onto your computer. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure a checkmark is placed next to “Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware” and Launch “Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware”. Then click Finish.

MalwareBytes Anti-malware will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

As MalwareBytes Anti-malware will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main menu. You will see window similar to the one below.

malwarebytes-antimalware1
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Window

Make sure the “Perform quick scan” option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Antimalware Doctor infection. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.

When the scan is finished a message box will appear that it has completed scanning successfully. Click OK. Now click “Show Results”. You will see a list of infected items similar as shown below.
Note: list of infected items may be different than what is shown in the image below.

mbam
Malwarebytes Anti-malware, list of infected items

Make sure all entries have a checkmark at their far left and click “Remove Selected” button to remove Antimalware Doctor. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will now remove all of associated Antimalware Doctor files and registry keys and add them to the programs’ quarantine. When MalwareBytes Anti-malware has finished removing the infection, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.

Note 1: if you can not download, install, run or update Malwarebytes Anti-malware, then follow the steps: Malwarebytes won`t install, run or update – How to fix it.

Note 2: if you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum.

Note 3: your current antispyware and antivirus software let the infection through ? Then you may want to consider purchasing the FULL version of MalwareBytes Anti-malware to protect your computer in the future.

Antimalware Doctor creates the following files and folders

C:\Windows\System32\enemies-names.txt
C:\Windows\System32\Antimalware Doctor.exe

Antimalware Doctor creates the following registry keys and values

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antimalware Doctor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antimalware Doctor Inc
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antimalware Doctor Inc\Antimalware Doctor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run | Antimalware Doctor.exe

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Myantispyware is an information security website created in 2004. Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.com.

167 Comments

  1. Dj lightning wolf
    ― March 20, 2011 - 8:54 am  Reply

    i tought this is not going to work….. but it is brilliant. and i also “thanks god” or on the cool way… “f***ing thanx goddie” and also thanks the makers of this website and makers of malwarebytes.

  2. Kate
    ― March 22, 2011 - 9:12 pm  Reply

    After 2 days of trying different strategies online to get rid of this incredibly annoying virus, Finally I get my computer into safe mode with networking and these instructions cleaned up my computer within 15-30 min tops.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Saved my computer!!!!

  3. April
    ― March 29, 2011 - 8:52 pm  Reply

    I tried to download Malwarebytes, the normal for me i’ve trusted it,and it works, however, it will NOT let me download it. I tried STOPzilla as well, and it came up saying it was being blocked…is there another way to download something that is going to get rid of it??

  4. Rachael
    ― March 30, 2011 - 4:28 pm  Reply

    I’m not sure which virus attacked me, but this morning everytime I tried to do a google search I kept getting redirected to ad sites, which I did some googling on my phone and found out I had a virus. So I installed malwarebytes and it found a bunch of infected files and removed them. Seemed to work because I was then able to do a google search successfully, however now I am not able to access any of my online accounts. I only did the quick scan the first time, so right now I’m running the full scan. It’s 22 mins in and I see there are already 3 found infected files. I’m hoping this might fix it, but are there any known problems of accessing online accounts after installing malwarebytes? Your help is greatly appreciated!

  5. Patrik (Myantispyware admin)
    ― March 31, 2011 - 10:12 pm  Reply

    April, try the following Malwarebytes download direct link: http://www.myantispyware.com/mbam

  6. Patrik (Myantispyware admin)
    ― April 1, 2011 - 8:16 am  Reply

    Rachael, try reset browser proxy settings by doing the following: run Internet Explorer, Click Tools -> Internet Options. Select Connections Tab and click to Lan Settings button. Uncheck “Use a proxy server” box. Click OK and click OK again.

  7. EpicDuck
    ― April 15, 2011 - 2:53 pm  Reply

    Ok, guys, here is my solution.
    I started by wasting no time.
    First delete all shortcuts to it, and the antimalware doctor folder.
    Get on internet explorer, then get avast.
    Run a quick scan , move all to chest ,then restart, or something, it should then start a new scan.
    It will show infected files and say move to chest.
    Since it comes up every restart time, this thing should come up saying “cannot start application” that means avast worked and is stopping its crap.
    Good luck peeps!
    -The epic duck

  8. EpicDuck
    ― April 15, 2011 - 2:59 pm  Reply

    Oh. And I recently got the blank page and my laptop getting su-su-super slow.
    Any help, Patrick?
    Don’t tell me to start a new topic, as of I am lazy and don’t have an account.

  9. EpicDuck
    ― April 15, 2011 - 4:40 pm  Reply

    Hi, i think i got rid of this but it tries to come up. I think thanks to avast it won’t start it, but it comes up saying cannot start application. My prob was that it popped up and i tried to close it, but it would say someone is trying to access my private data. I clicked dont allow. Kept on going till i got it off. Then i deleted the shortcut&folder on the start bar. So far it’s been ok but it’s sooo sloooow and i recently got the blank page.

    Also i have vista.
    Downloaded MBAM but it has numbers next to its setup icon.
    Which are safe?
    Thanks.

  10. EpicDuck
    ― April 15, 2011 - 4:41 pm  Reply

    sorry. I was using my wii, didnt see my posts so i re posted. :/

  11. EpicDuck
    ― April 16, 2011 - 10:37 am  Reply

    This was posted cause i couldnt see my posts again

  12. John
    ― April 16, 2011 - 12:54 pm  Reply

    I’m taking Antimalware Doctor off, but its changed some setting, my ‘all program’ list is blank, AND I’m blocked from seeing files on my C drive. Do you know the settings to restore to get past these problems? Stuff is not missing, just not ‘viewable’!

  13. EpicDuck
    ― April 17, 2011 - 8:06 am  Reply

    Any help, Patrick?

  14. Patrik (Myantispyware admin)
    ― April 18, 2011 - 8:23 am  Reply

    EpicDuck, boot your computer in Safe mode in try perform a full scan with your antivirus or Malwarebytes. Try also Kaspersky virus removal tool.

  15. fieldy
    ― April 29, 2011 - 4:15 am  Reply

    Hi mate, I have removed malware doctor with MBAM but advertising (casinò, poker..) popups keep “popping up”, although there is no sign of Malware Doctor himself, wat do?

  16. Reese
    ― May 9, 2011 - 5:51 pm  Reply

    I have doctor antimalware virus. I ran malwarebytes twice in shut down after running a little over an hour both times. I really need assistance

  17. #hartson23[IPIIGIIPIIII]
    ― June 2, 2011 - 7:56 am  Reply

    Hey – I am really delighted to discover this. great job!

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