Nov 21, 2008

Remove Rapid Antivirus - Rapid Antivirus Removal Instructions

Rapid Antivirus is one of latest rogue anti-spyware program. Rapid Antivirus is a clone of Win Antivirus 2008 (Power Antivirus 2009, Antivirus 2009, Vista Antivirus 2009). Basically Rapid Antivirus uses Zlob or Vundo trojans to install itself into your computer without any notification. Usually this Trojans pretend to be video codec needed to watch online video.
Once Rapid Antivirus is installed in your computer it will run automatical spyware scan. A lot of threats will be result of that scan, and you know, the only way to remove them all is to purchase licensed version of Rapid Antivirus. Also we must mention that Rapid Antivirus could steal your data, slow computer perfomance, redirect your web browser to web sites that push other malware.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: SpySheriff Group
Threat Level: Critical

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How to remove Smart Antivirus 2009 manually:

It's possible to remove Rapid Antivirus manually , but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

* %UserProfile%\Application Data\Rapid Antivirus
* %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_
* %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\base.dat
* %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\base2.dat
* %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\Desc.dat
* %UserProfile%\Application Data\install_511_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_\spline.dat
* %UserProfile%\Application Data\Rapid Antivirus\Rapid Antivirus.ini

Remove registry entries:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rapid Antivirus
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ieupdate


Please be careful because manual removal of Rapid Antivirus may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.

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