Antivirus Warning when Updating LinkFixer Advanced

Antivirus software vendors usually have methods to prevent legitimate software programs from giving a false positive and being mis-identified as a virus. LinkFixer Advanced has been registered with the top antivirus vendors and should not be identified as containing a virus or as being malware.

As a result, if you updated LinkFixer Advanced by clicking “Check For Updates” inside the program, or by downloading an update from our official download site (LinkTek.com), and you receive a warning from an antivirus program during the installation or an upgrade of LinkFixer Advanced, it is likely to be a false positive.

If you do receive a false-positive warning from an antivirus program, please inform LinkTek support of the situation by following these steps:

  1. Take a screen shot of the warning message or notification.
  2. E-mail that screen shot image to Support@LinkTek.com.
  3. Continue running LinkFixer Advanced.

Important: Running an antivirus program on a machine that is running LinkFixer Advanced can result in a dramatic degradation of LinkFixer Advanced’s performance. If your antivirus software attempts to scan files before allowing LinkFixer Advanced to process them, this additional “overhead” will significantly reduce processing speeds.


Antivirus Warning when Downloading LinkFixer Advanced

The same is true when an antivirus detects LinkFixer Advanced during download, installation and execution. These antivirus warnings are likely to be a false positive. 


If you do receive a false-positive warning from an antivirus program, please inform LinkTek support of the situation by following these steps:

  1. Take a screen shot of the warning message or notification.
  2. E-mail that screen shot image to Support@LinkTek.com.
  3. Continue running LinkFixer Advanced.

LinkFixer Advanced folders to exclude from an antivirus program

  1. C:\Program Files (x86)\LinkTek\LinkFixer Advanced
  2. C:\ProgramData\LinkTek\LinkFixer Advanced
  3. C:\Users\Public\Desktop\LinkFixer Advanced


Also see: LinkFixer Advanced System Requirements