If you are infected with it, you are probably reading this article in hopes of finding the absolute best way to remove Rapid Antivirus for good. If you look long enough, you'll find a whole slew of opinions on what is the best method for Rapid Antivirus removal, but having worked in the computer industry for over 12 years I am here to tell you that there is only one method that will truly work.

Rapid Antivirus, like so many other rogue antispyware programs, advertises itself via popups on various websites that state that you have a spyware infection and need to run an anti-malware scanner. The popup will then change to what looks like results of a spyware scan run against your computer telling you that your computer is heavily infected, however that screen is just a fake.

If you end up downloading it, the software will constantly run in the background on your computer and continue to bombard you with fake spyware scan results hoping to con you into purchasing the full version of this rogue antispyware software. This is not only a nuisance, but if you do decide to purchase, you'll only get infected with more and more malware.

Because of the nature of Rapid Antivirus and the fact that it can reinstall itself after a reboot, the best and literally only way to completely remove it is to invest a small amount of money in top of the line, legitimate antispyware software which typically costs only $30-$40 at the most.

The reason you'll need to invest a small amount of money instead of using the completely free spyware removers that are available is fairly simple - the free versions are just not as effective as the paid versions.

Take the size of the spyware definitions database for example. At the most, the free spyware removers will only be able to detect and remove 50,000 - 75,000 spyware variants, whereas some of the more reputable paid removers are able to detect and remove over 600,000 spyware variants! That basically means that you will only be getting 1/10 of the protection from free removers as you would from paid versions.

Also, the real time protection you receive from paid versions of antispyware software is far more effective at stopping spyware and malware from ever getting to your computer as the freebies.

I tell friends and family the same thing I tell my customers - if you really want to get rid of spyware from your computer and specifically remove Rapid Antivirus for good, you'll get past the notion that free spyware removers are good enough because the reality is that they simply are not.