July 19, 2008

How to remove AntiVirusXP2008 ?

AntiVirusXP2008 is an unwanted/misleading application that acts as an Anti-Virus. This software reports false threats on installed computer. This software may not be installed without human interference.

How to remove AntiVirusXP2008 ?

1. Perform Standard procedure for Virus removal.

2. Edit Windows registry and remove these registry entries and subkeys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform\"AntivirXP08" = "AntivirXP08"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"[RANDOM NAME]" = "C:\Program Files\[RANDOM NAME]\[RANDOM NAME].exe"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[RANDOM NAME]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\[RANDOM NAME]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\[RANDOM NAME]

2 comments:

Patrick said...

It's not working for me.... Still stuck with AntiVirusXP2008

I'll press on!

Vidhu said...

Try this Online Virus Scanners

http://lognot.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-online-virus-scanners-to-remove.html