How to remove Antivirus 2010 ?

October 8th, 2008
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What is Antivirus 2010?

Antivirus 2010 is a new rogue anti-spyware application, which is a duplicate of Antivirus 2009 and Antivirus 2008 fake anti-spywares. Antivirus 2010 is directly promoted to be online scanner just like its previous relative applications. When fake online system scanning is done you will be informed about pretended infections, this is an attempt to force you into installation of Antivirus 2010 for removing of these infections. These rogues that show these fake alerts is installed through trojans. Any click on the warning will redirect you into the download page of Antivirus 2010, or even downloading and installation without knowing and permission of user. When Antivirus 2010 is already in your computer it will start every time when Windows starts. That causes multiple infection alerts, and claims that all potential risks will be fixed after download of Antivirus 2010. The scare tactics are used for pushing user into purchasing of totally useless and rogue application.

Antivirus 2010 is Extremely dangerous

arrow Antivirus 2010 is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
arrow Antivirus 2010 may spread via Trojans
arrow Antivirus 2010 may display fake security messages
arrow Antivirus 2010 may install additional spyware to your computer
arrow Antivirus 2010 may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow Antivirus 2010 violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual Antivirus 2010 removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Antivirus 2010, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these Antivirus 2010 processes:
Remove these Antivirus 2010 DLL files:
Remove these Antivirus 2010 Registry files:
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Antivirus 2010 is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only Antivirus 2010 can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Antivirus 2010 trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Antivirus 2010 offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Antivirus 2010 not only does not fix the errors, but it takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus 2010, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install Antivirus 2010, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Antivirus 2010, is nearly impossible to remove manually.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Rogue Anti-Spyware such as Antivirus 2010?

Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Rogue Anti-Spyware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Rogue Anti-Spyware.
Changed or new icons: Sometimes, Rogue Anti-Spyware installs unwanted software to a victim’s PC without user’s knowledge and consent. This may lead to slower PC performance and stability, as well as more unwanted programs you can't remove.

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