Nov 12, 2008

Remove Antivirus 2009 - Antivirus 2009 Removal Instructions

Antivirus 2009 is a new rogue anti-spyware program, direct clone of famous Antivirus 2008 fake software. Antivirus 2009 uses Zlob or Vundo Trojans to install itself on your computer. Very often this Trojans came with fake videocodecs that are needed to watch online video on adult and other doubtful web-sites. Antivirus 2009 generates a lot of fake system pop-up messages in order to trick computer users into purchasing “full” commercial version of this program. But remember that after purchasing Antivirus 2009 you’ll get nothing but a piece of useless software that can also download and install more and more malware. Another feature of Antivirus 2009 is that it can behave like hijacker, and redirect your internet browser to malicious websites that sell malware.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: versoftware
Threat Level: Critical

Screenshot:




How to remove AntivirusPro 2009 manually:

It's possible to remove Antivirus 2009 manually , but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

* av2009.exe
* Antivirus2009.exe
* shlwapi.dll
* wininet.dll
* Antivirus 2009.lnk
* Uninstall Antivirus 2009.lnk


Remove registry entries:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus


Please be careful because manual removal of Antivirus 2009 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.

No comments:

/