Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scam Pop-up Removal [Free]

What Is Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scam

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired is the name of a scam webpage that may appear on your device in the form of a browser redirect, likely caused by some type of a potentially unwanted program. These programs often tend to display search scam webpages with the main idea to get profits and they do not care what it is they advertise. The main objective of this game is to get you to download a rogue software or enter your details in some type of a phishing attempt to get your information.

Read this article to learn more about this scam and how you can get rid of it and the software that is behind it from your device completely.

We detected malware on this device Mac – Details

Name	We detected malware on this device
Type	Scam / Adware / PUP / Redirect
Short Description	Aims to modify the settings on your computer in order to get it to cause browser redirects and display different advertisements.
Symptoms	Your device begins to display various types of online advertisements, which results in slowing down of your machine.
Distribution Method	Bundled downloads. Web pages which may advertise it.
Detection Tool	See If Your Mac Has Been Affected by Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired.

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scam – How Did I Get Infected

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired is similar to some other scams we have seen over time:

• Discord Virus Scam.
• Device Compromised Scam.
• UFO Giveaway Scam.

Scams, like Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired typically end up on your device by being introduced as a browser redirect as a result of having some type of a potentially unwanted program. Such programs include adware and browser hijackers and they are often bundled together to the installations of some other freeapp that you may have recently downloaded, kind of like the example below shows:

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scam – What Does It Do?

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired may appear in the form of a webpage, that looks like your McAfee antivirus is out of date:

The scan pretends that you have detected multiple kinds of viruses and you cannot remove them unless you renew your McAfee license by entering your credit card details so that the scammers can take advantage of them.

This scam may be just a part of an ad where being active on your computer system and showing different kinds of advertisements, such as:

• Redirects.
• Pop-ups with video and/or sound.
• Changed search results to show ads instead of relevant sites.
• Highlighted text on the pages you visit.
• Interruptive banner ads.
• Intrusive push notifications.

The Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired scam may also track what you do so that it can get your information, like credit card details, by using different forms of trackers:

These trackers include different kinds of cookies, pixels, tags and other such objects that are left on your computer to get the following information from you:

• Your bookmarked websites.
• The browsing history from your browser.
• What you have visited.
• Your mouse movements.
• IP and Mac addresses.
• What searches you have made.
• Your mouse clicks.

Is Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scam a Virus?

No, Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired is not a virus, it is a scam. Your computer is generally safe, unless it has been infected by some other viruses, but seeing this scam means that you may have an ad were on your device that may be showing advertisements to rescue websites, which exposes your computer to a potential virus infection:

• Rogue software download sites.
• Survey sites that are fraud.
• Phishing pages.
• Tech support fraud pages.
• URLs, containing a virus infection file or script.
• Web pages that contain scams.
• Redirects to dangerous sites via multiple pay-per-click redirects.

These are the main reasons why you should focus on getting rid of this scam and whatever is causing it immediately.

How to Remove Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scam?

In order to remove the Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Scan from your computer system, our main suggestion is to follow the removal instructions that have been created underneath this article. These steps are made with the main idea to provide you with the necessary assistance to get rid of this program from your computer and stop saying such scam messages. For the most effective removal, it is strongly recommended to perform an anti-malware scan using security software, since such program is equipped with the necessary software to conduct a thorough removal of any malicious software from your device.

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How to Remove Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Windows.

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Step 1: Scan for Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

1.1 Click on the "Download" button to proceed to SpyHunter's download page.

Download

Malware Removal Tool

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It is recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter. Click on the corresponding links to check SpyHunter's EULA, Privacy Policy and Threat Assessment Criteria.

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1.2 After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to update automatically.

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1.3 After the update process has finished, click on the 'Malware/PC Scan' tab. A new window will appear. Click on 'Start Scan'.

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1.4 After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the 'Next' button.

If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

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Step 2: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode

2.1 Hold Windows key + R

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2.2 The "Run" Window will appear. In it, type "msconfig" and click OK.

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2.3 Go to the "Boot" tab. There select "Safe Boot" and then click "Apply" and "OK".

Tip: Make sure to reverse those changes by unticking Safe Boot after that, because your system will always boot in Safe Boot from now on.

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2.4 When prompted, click on "Restart" to go into Safe Mode.

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2.5 You can recognise Safe Mode by the words written on the corners of your screen.

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Step 3: Uninstall Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired and related software from Windows

Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

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3.1 Hold the Windows Logo Button and "R" on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear.

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3.2 In the field type in "appwiz.cpl" and press ENTER.

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3.3 This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC. Select the program that you want to remove, and press "Uninstall" Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.

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Step 4: Clean Any registries, Created by Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired on Your PC.

The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:

4.1 Open the Run Window again, type "regedit" and click OK.

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4.2 When you open it, you can freely navigate to the Run and RunOnce keys, whose locations are shown above.

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4.3 You can remove the value of the virus by right-clicking on it and removing it.

Tip: To find a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and click "Modify" to see which file it is set to run. If this is the virus file location, remove the value.

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Video Removal Guide for Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired (Windows).

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Get rid of Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Mac OS X.

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Step 1: Uninstall Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired and remove related files and objects

1.1 Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:

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1.2 Find Activity Monitor and double-click it:

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1.3 In the Activity Monitor look for any suspicious processes, belonging or related to Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired:

Tip: To quit a process completely, choose the “Force Quit” option.

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1.4 Click on the "Go" button again, but this time select Applications. Another way is with the ⇧+⌘+A buttons.

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1.5 In the Applications menu, look for any suspicious app or an app with a name, similar or identical to Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired. If you find it, right-click on the app and select “Move to Trash”.

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1.6 Select Accounts, after which click on the Login Items preference.

Your Mac will then show you a list of items that start automatically when you log in. Look for any suspicious apps identical or similar to Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired. Check the app you want to stop from running automatically and then select on the Minus (“-“) icon to hide it.

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1.7 Remove any left-over files that might be related to this threat manually by following the sub-steps below:

• Go to Finder.
• In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
• Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
• If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.

In case you cannot remove Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired via Step 1 above:

In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:

Disclaimer! If you are about to tamper with Library files on Mac, be sure to know the name of the virus file, because if you delete the wrong file, it may cause irreversible damage to your MacOS. Continue on your own responsibility!

1: Click on "Go" and Then "Go to Folder" as shown underneath:

2: Type in "/Library/LauchAgents/" and click Ok:

3: Delete all of the virus files that have similar or the same name as Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired. If you believe there is no such file, do not delete anything.

You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:

→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.

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Step 2: Scan for and remove Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired files from your Mac

When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts and programs such as Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. SpyHunter for Mac offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.

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Click the button below below to download SpyHunter for Mac and scan for Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired:

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SpyHunter for Mac

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Video Removal Guide for Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired (Mac)

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Remove Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Google Chrome.

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Step 1: Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu

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Step 2: Move the cursor over "Tools" and then from the extended menu choose "Extensions"

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Step 3: From the opened "Extensions" menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its "Remove" button.

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Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.

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Erase Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Mozilla Firefox.

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Step 1: Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window:

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Step 2: Select the "Add-ons" icon from the menu.

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Step 3: Select the unwanted extension and click "Remove"

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Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.

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Uninstall Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Microsoft Edge.

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Step 1: Start Edge browser.

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Step 2: Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

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Step 3: From the drop menu select "Extensions".

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Step 4: Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.

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Step 5: Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.

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Remove Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Safari

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Step 1: Start the Safari app.

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Step 2: After hovering your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, click on the Safari text to open its drop down menu.

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Step 3: From the menu, click on "Preferences".

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Step 4: After that, select the 'Extensions' Tab.

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Step 5: Click once on the extension you want to remove.

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Step 6: Click 'Uninstall'.

A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired will be removed.

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How to Reset Safari
IMPORTANT: Before resetting Safari make sure you back up all your saved passwords within the browser in case you forget them.

Start Safari and then click on the gear leaver icon.

Click the Reset Safari button and you will reset the browser.

Eliminate Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired from Internet Explorer.

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Step 1: Start Internet Explorer.

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Step 2: Click on the gear icon labeled 'Tools' to open the drop menu and select 'Manage Add-ons'

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Step 3: In the 'Manage Add-ons' window.

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Step 4: Select the extension you want to remove and then click 'Disable'. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click 'Disable'.

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Step 5: After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red 'X' button located at the top right corner and start it again.

Remove Push Notifications from Your Browsers

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Turn Off Push Notifications from Google Chrome

To disable any Push Notices from Google Chrome browser, please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Go to Settings in Chrome.

Step 2: In Settings, select “Advanced Settings”:

Step 3: Click “Content Settings”:

Step 4: Open “Notifications”:

Step 5: Click the three dots and choose Block, Edit or Remove options:

Remove Push Notifications on Firefox

Step 1: Go to Firefox Options.

Step 2: Go to “Settings”, type “notifications” in the search bar and click "Settings":

Step 3: Click “Remove” on any site you wish notifications gone and click “Save Changes”

Stop Push Notifications on Opera

Step 1: In Opera, press ALT+P to go to Settings.

Step 2: In Setting search, type “Content” to go to Content Settings.

Step 3: Open Notifications:

Step 4: Do the same as you did with Google Chrome (explained below):

Eliminate Push Notifications on Safari

Step 1: Open Safari Preferences.

Step 2: Choose the domain from where you like push pop-ups gone and change to "Deny" from "Allow".

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired-FAQ

What Is Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired?

The Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired threat is adware or browser redirect virus.

It may slow your computer down significantly and display advertisements. The main idea is for your information to likely get stolen or more ads to appear on your device.

The creators of such unwanted apps work with pay-per-click schemes to get your computer to visit risky or different types of websites that may generate them funds. This is why they do not even care what types of websites show up on the ads. This makes their unwanted software indirectly risky for your OS.

What Are the Symptoms of Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired?

There are several symptoms to look for when this particular threat and also unwanted apps in general are active:

Symptom #1: Your computer may become slow and have poor performance in general.

Symptom #2: You have toolbars, add-ons or extensions on your web browsers that you don't remember adding.

Symptom #3: You see all types of ads, like ad-supported search results, pop-ups and redirects to randomly appear.

Symptom #4: You see installed apps on your Mac running automatically and you do not remember installing them.

Symptom #5: You see suspicious processes running in your Task Manager.

If you see one or more of those symptoms, then security experts recommend that you check your computer for viruses.

What Types of Unwanted Programs Are There?

According to most malware researchers and cyber-security experts, the threats that can currently affect your device can be rogue antivirus software, adware, browser hijackers, clickers, fake optimizers and any forms of PUPs.

What to Do If I Have a "virus" like Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired?

With few simple actions. First and foremost, it is imperative that you follow these steps:

Step 1: Find a safe computer and connect it to another network, not the one that your Mac was infected in.

Step 2: Change all of your passwords, starting from your email passwords.

Step 3: Enable two-factor authentication for protection of your important accounts.

Step 4: Call your bank to change your credit card details (secret code, etc.) if you have saved your credit card for online shopping or have done online activities with your card.

Step 5: Make sure to call your ISP (Internet provider or carrier) and ask them to change your IP address.

Step 6: Change your Wi-Fi password.

Step 7: (Optional): Make sure to scan all of the devices connected to your network for viruses and repeat these steps for them if they are affected.

Step 8: Install anti-malware software with real-time protection on every device you have.

Step 9: Try not to download software from sites you know nothing about and stay away from low-reputation websites in general.

If you follow these recommendations, your network and all devices will become significantly more secure against any threats or information invasive software and be virus free and protected in the future too.

How Does Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Work?

Once installed, Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired can collect data using trackers. This data is about your web browsing habits, such as the websites you visit and the search terms you use. It is then used to target you with ads or to sell your information to third parties.

Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired can also download other malicious software onto your computer, such as viruses and spyware, which can be used to steal your personal information and show risky ads, that may redirect to virus sites or scams.

Is Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Malware?

The truth is that PUPs (adware, browser hijackers) are not viruses, but may be just as dangerous since they may show you and redirect you to malware websites and scam pages.

Many security experts classify potentially unwanted programs as malware. This is because of the unwanted effects that PUPs can cause, such as displaying intrusive ads and collecting user data without the user’s knowledge or consent.

About the Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired Research

The content we publish on SensorsTechForum.com, this Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired how-to removal guide included, is the outcome of extensive research, hard work and our team’s devotion to help you remove the specific, adware-related problem, and restore your browser and computer system.

How did we conduct the research on Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired?

Please note that our research is based on independent investigation. We are in contact with independent security researchers, thanks to which we receive daily updates on the latest malware, adware, and browser hijacker definitions.
Furthermore, the research behind the Your Antivirus Protection Has Expired threat is backed with VirusTotal.
To better understand this online threat, please refer to the following articles which provide knowledgeable details.