Awola or Awola 6.0 Removal Guide
Do you know what Awola is?
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Have you recently installed Awola or purchased the Awola 6.0 program? We hope not because Awola is a rogue anti-spyware program known to brag about its false claim of being the ultimate in anti-spyware protection. We have found and proven that Awola or Awola 6.0 is not the ultimate in anti-spyware protection. Awola is more like the ultimate program that wastes your money.
Awola will display fake alerts that state you are infected with known Trojans such as Trojan-PSW or Backdoor Trojan. Awola is most dangerous in the way it show off the name of real infections which may throw many computer users for a loop and may end up believing Awola is a good program. Awola is distributed and sold on the awola.com website which should be avoided. The site awola.com makes several false claims on what the Awola program will do.
In non-techie terms: Awola is not a good program to have and it should be removed as soon as humanly possible. Awola may be installed automatically by Trojan infection files which should be removed also to avoid further infection of other parasites. Awola should not be downloaded or purchased under any circumstances.
Aliases: Awola, Awola 6.0, Awola.com
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Awola Automatic Removal Instructions
This automatic removal method is for non-techie computer users. If you’re too lazy to learn about spyware removal or how to access sensitive files in your computer, then this is the method for you.
Before you start: Print or bookmark these instructions because you’ll have to reboot into Safe Mode. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake.
- Download and save SmitFraudFix to your desktop.
- Restart your computer in Safe Mode (how to do safe mode). Once the
desktop appears, double click on the SmitfraudFix.exe on your desktop. - After the credits screen, you’ll see a menu. Select the option number 2, which is ‘Clean (safe mode recommended)’, and then
press Enter to delete infect files. - SmitFraudFix will begin cleaning your computer and take a series of cleanup processes. When the process is over, it will automatically begin the Disk Cleanup program.
- Once the Disk Cleanup program is complete, you will be prompted with the message ‘Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry’. Answer Y (Yes) and hit Enter. Reboot your computer.
- SmitFraudFix will now check if wininet.dll is infected. SmitFraudFix will ask you whether to replace the infected file (if there’s any) ‘Replace infected
file?’ Answer by typing Y (Yes) and hit Enter. - Reboot your computer to complete the cleaning process.
- After reboot, a Notepad screen may appear containing a log of all the files
removed from your computer. If it doesn’t appear, a file will be created called
rapport.txt in the root of your drive, (Local Disk C:). - Restart your computer in Safe Mode (how to do safe mode).
- Go to C:\Windows\Temp, click Edit, click Select All, press DELETE, and then
click Yes to confirm that you want all the items to go to the Recycle Bin. - Go to C:\Documents and Settings\[LISTED USER]\Local Settings\Temp, click Edit, click Select All, press DELETE, and then click Yes to confirm that
you want all the items to go to the Recycle Bin. - Reboot your computer back to normal mode. Go to Windows Update and download all critical updates.
Awola Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Awola manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Awola will be removed completely. So read the Awola removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Awola Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Awola if found. - To stop Awola processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Awola processes:
Awola.exe
Awola6.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To remove Awola icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
Right-click on the Awola folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Awola and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Awola could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
You’ve completed the Awola manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Awola problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes. By using this information you agree to be bound by the disclaimer. There’s no guarantee that Awola will be completely removed from your computer. Seek professional help if your computer continues to experience problems.
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