Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware - How to remove

Appstation AntiVirus Scan is a dangerous browser add-on. It promises to help you scan files for viruses and it even copies Windows Defender’s icon to look more trustworthy. But once Appstation AntiVirus Scan is installed, it shows unwanted ads and changes the default search settings of the browser. And though it does help scan files for malware, it makes the process unnecessarily inconvenient.

About Appstation AntiVirus Scan:

Type of threat	Browser hijacker, adware.
Problems with Appstation AntiVirus Scan	It makes unhelpful changes to browser settings (search and new tab page), it advertises potentially unsafe content, it impersonates Windows Defender, its scanner is inconvenient to use.
Alternatives	Use real anti-malware programs and browser extensions, use real online scanners directly.
How to delete Appstation AntiVirus Scan	Uninstall it from your browser, find and remove other malware with antivirus tools (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others).

What are the problems with Appstation AntiVirus Scan?

Appstation AntiVirus Scan changes browser settings

Appstation AntiVirus Scan is a browser extension. It offers to help users upload files for scanning. It says it will scan suspicious files to help detect viruses and other malware.

Appstation AntiVirus Scan can be found on Chromeapps.site with a bunch of other extensions.

There are some legitimate security browser extensions, but Appstation AntiVirus Scan is not one of them. It has a few serious problems:

• It changes your default search engine to Bing.
• It shows malicious pop-up ads.
• Its icon is similar to Windows Defender’s, even though Appstation AntiVirus Scan is not related to Microsoft. This is very misleading.
• Appstation AntiVirus Scan is inconvenient to use, as well as redundant, as it just uses another online scanner.

It shows ads and changes settings

Once Appstation AntiVirus Scan is installed, it replaces your new tab page and the default search engine. So, when you search the internet, you might see some unexpected results.

But that’s not enough for Appstation AntiVirus Scan – it also opens pop-ups to various iffy websites. If you try to use Appstation AntiVirus Scan’s antivirus scan, you’ll see a lot of these pop-ups. They appear when interacting with the site and there’s no easy way to avoid them. Appstation AntiVirus Scan shows ads for gambling sites, notification hijackers (like Service-update.network and Special-offers.online), links to other dubious browser extensions, even malicious ads that look like virus and update alerts (for example, it shows an ad with a fake “overloaded” memory warning).

Its scan is inconvenient to use

So, is all the advertising worth it? Does Appstation AntiVirus Scan help keep you safe (ignoring the shady ads it shows itself)? Eh, not really. Appstation AntiVirus Scan is not a fake scanner, but it can’t be relied on for security. It allows you to upload suspicious files to be scanned online, which is not a proactive antivirus solution. Especially when the URLs you type in have to be full, which is very inconvenient. On top of that, using the Appstation AntiVirus Scan requires you to pass an obnoxious captcha each time. And all it does is upload the file or URL to Virustotal.com.

Virustotal.com is great, but you really don’t need a random add-on to access it. You can create a bookmark to Virustotal.com in your browser, avoid all of Appstation AntiVirus Scan’s nonsense, and get a better experience (How to create an Internet favorite or bookmark).

How to delete Appstation AntiVirus Scan

Uninstall the Appstation AntiVirus Scan extension.

And, since Appstation AntiVirus Scan exposes its users to adware sites and browser hijackers, check your other extensions and programs that were recently installed. Remove those items that are suspicious.

You could scan your computer with a security program to check it for malicious items. Use real anti-malware programs, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others.

After all unwanted browser extensions have been removed or disabled, check your notification permissions, your default search engine, and your new tab/home page settings as described below.

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How to remove Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware from macOS

Delete Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Appstation AntiVirus Scan Adware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.