How to remove XP Antivirus Pro 2010?
What is XP Antivirus Pro 2010?
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 (also called XPAntivirusPro2010 or XP Antivirus Pro) program is a fake security application which usually recommends for its victims to activate its “licensed” version. Trying to convince them even more, XP AntivirusPro 2010 imitates scanning the computer for malware and detects hundreds of invented cyber threats. Additionally, for their elimination so called “licensed” program is offered for a user which just after being purchased turns out to be malicious one.
Many infected PC users announce that they have never downloaded XP AntivirusPro2010. Because of the use of Trojans and other malicious software exploits, this rogue anti-spyware is usually installed secretly and shows up for a victim unexpectedly only when all its files are downloaded. When in the Operating System, the trial version of XP Antivirus Pro 2010 firstly starts reconfiguring the Registry and drops a great number of its fake random files. This rogue anti-spyware is launched once the computer boots up and after that it starts interruptions with fake pop-up ads. It is known to show startup scanners, system tray notifications and many security alerts that all appear right after the computer boots up.
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 seeks to get you into thinking that you really have serious malware on the Pc. It reports earlier created files which do not pose any harm for the compromised machine and states that you need to be threat them hard without wasting the time. Don’t make a mistake and take XP Antivirus Pro 2010 serious. Acting opposite and removing XP Antivirus Pro 2010 instead of its reported files is highly recommended. Use a reputable antispyware and delete XP Antivirus Pro 2010 with all its files immediately after detection.
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 is Extremely dangerous
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program XP Antivirus Pro 2010 may spread via Trojans XP Antivirus Pro 2010 may display fake security messages XP Antivirus Pro 2010 may install additional spyware to your computer XP Antivirus Pro 2010 may repair its files, spread or update by itself XP Antivirus Pro 2010 violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual XP Antivirus Pro 2010 removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove XP Antivirus Pro 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 Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these XP Antivirus Pro 2010 processes:
Remove these XP Antivirus Pro 2010 Registry Entries:
Remove these XP Antivirus Pro 2010 files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other XP Antivirus Pro 2010 infected files and get help in XP Antivirus Pro 2010 removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing XP Antivirus Pro 2010 and similar threats.
XP Antivirus Pro 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 XP Antivirus Pro 2010 can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads XP Antivirus Pro 2010 trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, XP Antivirus Pro 2010 offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, XP Antivirus Pro 2010 does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.
Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as XP Antivirus Pro 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 XP Antivirus Pro 2010, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as XP Antivirus Pro 2010, is nearly impossible to remove manually.
Thanks for ur way of helping. I hope the ‘Spyware Dr.’ will work in my PC against fake antivirus cash thief. U knw the XP Antivirus 2010 bothering alot. It seems to be related to Microsoft. My PC having 2 anti viruses which are Microsoft windows Essential & Norton. Those two are in dormant! And Windows Defender also. Still they are showing that the computer still secure from threat! What a pity! XP Antivirus 2010 making CPU always in busy.
Searches on Google don’t make a distinction between Antivirus 2010 (av2010.exe in running processes) and XP Antivirus 2010 (av.exe). Unfortuantely the location, processes and registry keys between the two appear to be completely separate, and the manual removal instructions for the other won’t work. It also appeared to be preventing me from installing alternative anti-spyware software like Spybot Search and Destroy or MBAM (I believe this is related the registry keys which seem to direct all .exe files to open av.exe or something similar). I have Ad-Aware installed, but AAW isn’t what it used to be and hasn’t found anything.
So far the information on here seems to have worked. Make sure you check your other browsers while in regedit (i.e. in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\ check FIREFOX.EXE and other browser’s …\shell\open\command keys – my firefox also had the av.exe redirect, but chrome did not).
The only file I haven’t found is:
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\WRblt8464P
I do have a file with a random-looking alphanumeric string (mine is aPkcl667), but I’m not sure if that’s related…we’ll see if the problem persists after a restart. If it does, I’ll try deleting that and potentially bork my computer.
I believe I got infected by visiting a website with an off-line ustream application (so no video, just the ads/”watch these videos” sort of stuff). It froze up my Internet Explorer and I hit F5, and when it (eventually) refreshed I was being harassed by the malware.
FOR AL THE PEOPLE THAT CANT GET ON THE INTERNET CUZ OF THE VIRUS READ THIS U FUCKTOIDS :p !!
at start,open task manager check the procceses when ever u see a av.exe file stop the procesing of it close it. step1 go to ure explorer(internet) u wil get a warn from the virus ignore it dont touche it. step2 while the warn stil is there AGAIN go to ure eplorer and open it again(second time) then ure browser wil apear,go to taskmngr and close the AV.EXE FILE and u can now surf on ure internet
I just tried the manual method and indeed I got rid of the annoying XP AV Pro, now the problem is neither firefox, nor IE, nor regedit will open!!! I assume by deleting the registry values I modified the exe files associated to each application… Any help here?
Thanks.
I had a similar problem; one of the registry files you get rid of also gets rid of EXE file associations (I think: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1? %*). You can easily fix this by going to Windows Explorer (basically any window with file folders in it) and clicking on Tools. Go to the File Types tab and make sure EXE has the associated file type Application (you may need to create a new EXE type or it may already be in your list).
Also got it again, this time from a different site (but likely from a streaming video source again). Another file with a random string popped into that folder as MVkXhU7…so I’m going to have to say it randomly assigns a name to that ‘system file’ it throws in Application Data.
I got antivirus xp 2010 through softpedia a shareware site. It downloaded and installed itself. there was no way to even manually remove it. every file i tried to open it said was a virus or something as bad. I have windows xp the only way i killed it was to go into safe mode and do a restore point two days before i got the bug. it wouldn’t let me do a system restore in normal mode. and naturally there was no uninstall. The restore point worked for me and i’m back to normal. Its to bad we can’t give the assholes back what they dished out
Michael
well my system is still back to normal but i’m running spyware software anyway to make sure i got all the pieces. Then i’ll run a little program i found called defraggler it’s free but a donation is nice for them. the other program i’ll use to over write the free space is called CCleaner it’s from the same people and is also free and they accept donations but you don’t have to. at the very bottom of the page there is a function to clean the clear space. These are great little programs and beat windows all to hell with what they do.these utilities sped up my computer at least 4 times.
Thanks to ZoneAlarm and Sysinternals Process Explorer, I was able to stop this bugger in its tracks. Not sure how it managed to install itself in the first place though but I know it got in through Firefox somehow.
Thank you!!!!!!
trying to get rid of the virus, but i cant even access my task manager or anything, a box keeps popping up saying that every application i open is infected
Reboot into safe mode with networking first