Comments on: XP Antivirus Pro 2010

By: admin

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:18:32 +0000

Reboot into safe mode with networking first

By: help

help — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:44:16 +0000

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

By: relieved

relieved — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:59:41 +0000

Thank you!!!!!!

By: SparcMan

SparcMan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:17:15 +0000

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.

By: western69147

western69147 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:54:09 +0000

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.

By: western69147

western69147 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:33:19 +0000

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

By: natnesr

natnesr — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:31:19 +0000

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.

By: pc.dummie

pc.dummie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:08:58 +0000

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.

By: i hate u mr.hacker

i hate u mr.hacker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:56:44 +0000

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

By: natnesr

natnesr — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:17:33 +0000

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.

By: Usamath

Usamath — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:22:41 +0000

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.