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What is Xp antivirus 2008/ Vista antivirus 2008-2009?
XP Antivirus Protection AKA: XPAntivirus is fake antivirus software program. This program is typically known to infect a computer just after performing an install of specific video codec. This corrupted video codec is usually distributed with a Trojan, Malware and Virus. It is crucial to remove all the components of XP Antivirus and all malware and trojans such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and trojan.downloader that may have been installed along with it. The following tutorial explains how to remove this XP Antivirus Protection.
Simply, It's a virus designed to extort money from you by demanding you pay for the "full version". to remove the viruses that it has "detected".
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How to remove XP Antivirus Protection:
Step 1 : Use Windows File Search Tool to Find Antivirus 2009 Path
1. Go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders.
2. In the "All or part of the the file name" section, type in "Antivirus 2009" file name(s).
3. To get better results, select "Look in: Local Hard Drives" or "Look in: My Computer" and then click "Search" button.
4. When Windows finishes your search, hover over the "In Folder" of "Antivirus 2009", highlight the file and copy/paste the path into the address bar. Save the file's path on your clipboard because you'll need the file path to delete Antivirus 2009 in the following manual removal steps.
5. "Antivirus 2009" files can be found in the directory path(s):
6. %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2009 %ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2009 XP %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus2009y %ProgramFiles%\Win Antivirus 2009 %AppData%\Antivirus2009y %ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2009y %ProgramFiles%\ANTIVIRUS 2009
Step 2 : Use Windows Task Manager to Remove Antivirus 2009 Processes
1. To open the Windows Task Manager, use the combination of CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
2. Click on the "Image Name" button to search for "Antivirus 2009" process by name.
3. Select the "Antivirus 2009" process and click on the "End Process" button to kill it.
4. Remove the "Antivirus 2009" processes files:
5. lwpwer.exe xpa_2009.exe Antivirus-2009.exe av2009xp.exe Win Antivirus 2009.exe AntvrsInstall[1].exe AntvrsInstall.exe Antvrs.exe
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Now, the Step 3:
Navigate to Start-> Run, type cmd in the box and click Open
In the command window, type regsvr32 /u shlwapi.dll and press Enter
Next type regsvr32 /u wininet.dll and press Enter
Next Press Ctrl + Shift + ESC
Right click on antivirus.exe from the processes window and select the option to end process
Right click on antivirusUpdate.exe from the processes window and select the option to end process
Navigate to Start-> Search, then click on Files and Folders. Search for and delete the following files:
antivirus.exe
antivirusUpdate.exe
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll
antivirus 2009.lnk
Uninstall antivirus 2009.lnk
antivirus 2009
antivirus.lnk
Uninstall antivirus.lnk
antivirus on the Web.lnk
antivirus.url
Navigate to Start-> Run, type regedit in the box and click Open
Delete antivirus 2009 in the following path: HKEY_USERS\Software\
And Also Look for the following
Step 4 : Detect and Delete Other Antivirus 2009 Files
1. To open the Windows Command Prompt, go to Start > Run > type cmd and then press the "OK" button.
2. Type in "dir /A name_of_the_folder" (for example, C:\Spyware-folder), which will display the folder's content even the hidden files.
3. To change directory, type in "cd name_of_the_folder".
4. Once you have the file you're looking for type in "del name_of_the_file".
5. To delete a file in folder, type in "del name_of_the_file".
6. To delete the entire folder, type in "rmdir /S name_of_the_folder".
7. Select the "Antivirus 2009" process and click on the "End Process" button to kill it.
8. Remove the "Antivirus 2009" processes files:
Restart your PC and everything should be back to normal
Note: If you dont know much about Registry, Please do not do the steps above because you may delete some usefull strings
that may harm your computer. So better download an auto xp antivirus remover software.
Than you should Download Rogue Spyware Removal software to remove this Fake AV
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