XP Deluxe Protector is another fake application that pretends to be legitimate malware cleaner. But in fact it is another representative from XP Police Antivirus rogue family. As its predecessors XP Deluxe Protector is advertised with a help of misleading websites in which you will be greeted with fake online scanners that will list variety of infections. Also XP Deluxe Protector is promoted with a help of Trojan horses that will display fake security alerts and annoying pop-ups on your computer. Once XP Deluxe Protector is installed and active it will configure itself to run automatically every time you turn on your computer. While running XP Deluxe Protector will perform system scan and list you variety of spyware and malware detected on your board. But these threats cannot be removed with a trial version, and for sure you must purchase licensed version in order to clean your system. But you must remember that XP Deluxe Protector is a rogue application and have nothing to do with removing neither spyware nor malware. We strongly recommend you to remove XP Deluxe Protector manually or using automatic removal tool.
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: Critical
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How to remove Antivirus System Pro manually:
It's possible to remove Antivirus System Pro manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.
The files to be deleted:
%Program Files%\XPDeluxeProtector
%Program Files%\XPDeluxeProtector\PAVRM.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\XP Deluxe Protector.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\XP Deluxe Protector.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\XP Deluxe Protector.lnk
Remove registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XPDP
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRU
Please be careful because manual removal of Antivirus System Pro 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.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRU
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