We have now identified the virus as AV Security Suite and have learned that it is new and, in fact, a Russian born Nasty. It seems to defy most attempts to remove it and is one step ahead when we tried the suggested defensive measures. We will take another shot with a removal program that is supposed to be specific to this beast. Our new AVAST pro did not clear it and we now wonder if Avast is ready for this one.
It can be removed from the Registry manually.
What is AV Security Suite?
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=53741
Go to PROFILE then Modify Profile then Forum Profile Information then Please select your country: then Signature: and put information about your system just like my signature about your system just like my signature so that the helpers can offer pertinent advice.
In Account Related Settings select Hide email address from public to prevent scammers and spammers harvesting your email.com email address.
Do I need to get into regedit in safe mode and can I?
I understand that three manual edits are needed; removing:::::
Current Users etc…“[random]”
Local_Machine etc… "[random]
Current Users \software\avsoft
and this should have been posted in the first topic you started