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Antivirus 2010 description

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Antivirus 2010 is dangerous malware. It targets your money and it causes all kinds of problems to convince people that they need to pay for a license of Antivirus2010.

Antivirus 2010 loads pop-ups and system tray alerts warning users about viruses that can only be deleted by Antivirus 2010. It is also able to mimic system scan. The most annoying “feature” of Antivirus 2010 is its ability to crash a computer. The malware displays fabricated Blue Screen of Death which recommends Antivirus2010 to fix the problems.

Do not trust warnings loaded by Antivirus 2010.

Get rid of Antivirus 2010

Antivirus 2010 is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove Antivirus 2010

To remove Antivirus 2010 spyware you must block Antivirus 2010 sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Antivirus 2010 files and registry utility. Follow the Antivirus 2010 detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove Antivirus 2010 by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden Antivirus 2010 files, running processes and registries in your computer, so Antivirus 2010 may recreate all other files after reboot.

Antivirus 2010 manual removal instructions

Block Antivirus 2010 sites:
best-online-antivirus-scanner.info
av2010pro.com
av1-scanner.info
av1-download.info
download-antivirus2010.info
cleanyourpc-now.info Read more how to block Antivirus 2010 sites

Stop and remove Antivirus 2010 processes:
wingamma.exe
AV2010.exe Read more how to kill Antivirus 2010 processes

Locate and delete Antivirus 2010 registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV2010
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{3C40236D-990B-443C-90E8-B1C07BCD4A68}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEDefender.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{7BC7565C-5062-43CE-8797-DC2C271140A9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{705FD64B-2B7B-4856-9337-44CA1DA86849}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0012
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0013
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0014
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Windows Gamma Display" Read more how to delete Antivirus 2010 registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Antivirus 2010

Search and unregister Antivirus 2010 DLL libraries:
IEDefender.dll Read more how to unregister Antivirus 2010 DLL files

Detect and delete other Antivirus 2010 files:
c:\Program Files\AV2010
c:\Program Files\AV2010\AV2010.exe
c:\Program Files\AV2010\svchost.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\IEDefender.dll
c:\WINDOWS\system32\wingamma.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\AV2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010\AV2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010\Uninstall.lnk

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track Antivirus 2010 and automaticaly remove Antivirus 2010 processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

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59 Responses to

Antivirus 2010

lisa ward
January 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am
How do you manually get rid of Microsoft Antivirus 2010?

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thompson a
February 19th, 2009 at 2:31 am
thank you soo much! i cant believed i installed antivirus2010

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Mayur
October 4th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Hi,
I used Malware anti bytes .. it detects some files and removes them.But when the next time I connect to the internet the ugly red symbol again comes in the system tray with the annoying pop ups.I again remove it thru Malware but again it comes back…
Please suggest a solution.

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Luciana Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Apparently your spyware remover doesn’t delete all the malicious files. I recommend going through the manual removal to make sure every thing related to Antivirus 2010 is gone.

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Steven Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 2:17 am
i have gotten rid of the virus but doing so my computer fails to load the exe

when i open any exe files i have to go the the computer and actually find the exe file in my computer kinda like how you open a torrent and have to find utorrent to load it

any help on this situation ??

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beth
October 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
does this virus disable laptop speakers? i can’t play cds….in the control panel – sounds and audio devices – under the volume tab it says “no audio device”. under the audio tab – everything is selectable and it says ‘no playback devices’, ‘no recording devices’, and ‘no midi playback devices’. then under the hardware tab everything shows ‘this device is working properly’. any suggestions?

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Keighley
October 14th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Well, I tried manual removal…I think I may have missed something in there, as several of the files listed weren’t anywhere to be found on my computer (not that I’m an expert who knows all the possible places to look).

However, since I’ve done it the “you have an infection” activity has gone down to operable levels…

For the record, it was calling itself HomeAntivirus 2010 on my computer…probably had something to do with the difficulty of finding it.

Thank you, know I know what to do.

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Luciana Reply:
October 14th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Home Antivirus 2010 is another computer infection. Here’s HomeAntivirus 2010 removal guide.

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Vicko
December 15th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
its disabled my registry editor and my task manger and then when i try 2 download and install the malware soft ware that you provided it says how the file is corrupted or sumthing and how i need to download it and try again which i’ve continuously done i’ve been able to delete the program file and the short cut and my avg internet security program deleted some of the malwares after i reboot my computer and deleted the program file but still everything is locked or disabled from me doing anything i miss my task manager :[ help please

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Dusty
December 21st, 2009 at 7:54 am
I had client who’scomputer was infected with the Antivirus Pro 2010 but they had not installed it. There was no evidence in the program files folder and no obvious listings in the registry, but al executables were blocked an disabled by this rogue malware.
I started the computer in safe mode (WIN XP) and at the prompt to cntinue in safe mode or restore the computer to an earlier date, I chose to restore the omputer to an earlier date. After the computer was restored to a time before the virus was there, I was able to run the antivirus/malware sanner to get rid of any remnants of the virus.
The computer now works fine.

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Luciana Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:12 am
Congratulations on removing the infection. I must say something about the situation you’ve described. Antivirus Pro 2010 is installed by trojans and it is a malware. It’s not supposed to appear among regular programs.

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Bunky Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Dusty, you are indeed the man! This worked on both our computer and one at my brother in law’s, who both got it while visiting the same website. You saved us much money and time!! Kept trying to delete registry files, but we didn’t have any of the ones listed because we didn’t actually install. You Rock!!!

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sean
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
this virus keeps changing the file names….i had one say yrvssysguard under my msconfig startup, i disabled that one plus the one that said IS2010 and i was finally able to access some of the programs needed to start the process of deleting this thing. i still cant find all the files for a manual delete, tho. it changes its name for different computers…..alot of the above named files are different than mine. and all of the scanners available are just that….scanners. i havent found a free utility to delete this thing. let this just be a lesson for all of us…..buy some real protection.

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Terry
January 5th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
I can’t do anything on my desk top because of this crap! This is stupid. I’m using my laptop for now.

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Dodge
January 7th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Just managed to get rid of this or similar. I found a file named smss32.exe in sys 32 file in windows (not to be confused with smss.exe, which is fine).

Heres how I got rid once I realised that this may be the cause of the recurring hijack and pop ups after malwarebytes and combofix had removed it but the prob resumed within seconds.

1. run combofix (available from this site)
2. reboot and open task manager as soon as you can and turn off smss32.exe before it is hijacked again.
3. do a search for smss32.exe (found it in windows/sys32 file next to smss.exe).
4. delete smss32.exe (has to be turned off in step 3 to delete it).

took me 8 hours to find it, this worked for me, hope it helps.

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Matt Morris
January 8th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I have this virus and can’t even start my computer. It get’s to the screen where Window’s XP logo comes up…then re-starts the process again. Hey hints on how I can start my computer?

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Luciana Reply:
January 10th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Antivirus 2010 doesn’t cause things you’ve described. There must be some other malware residing on your computer or some other kind of problem. However, possibility of malware is worth checking. Boot your computer in a safe mode and run anti-spyware scan.

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Wooie Reply:
January 18th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
uhm… yes it does cause what you’ve described, if you first run some sort of anti-spyware program and it partially removes the virus, assuming it’s just like “Internet Security 2010″, which just messed with my computer for two days of hell. If you remove anything (one of the bad virus files, that is) then the computer can’t even start. In our case we removed smss32.exe and we couldn’t start up any more… Search elsewhere online for advice on fixing Internet Security 2010. I personally started from system CD, deleted known bad files manually, then re-loaded Windows from the CD, ran Anti-Malware software, and now I’m free!!! Oh — and this virus prevents Safe mode from working too, unfortunately.

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claudio Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Any luck?Have the same problem after what I thaught was a successfull removal of this bastard.Won`t work in safe mode or any mode
Thx

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Pete Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 5:26 am
Hi wooie and claudio, I have similar problem to you cannot get laptop to boot in any mode is there a way to jump it out of this loop it’s stuckin in so as to be able to try to start it and start removal? How did you start from the system cd? Can you save any of the data on the computer while doing this? Greatful for any help!

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rick
January 11th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
I have something called antivirus live on mine. It places a shield like the microsoft shield on my tray at the bottom, but the shield is blue with a white stripe. I can operate a little in safe mode like now, but as soon as I log on in regular mode, every time I try to open an application it says the standard cannot do it, there is a corrupted file. Anyone heard of this one?

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Luciana Reply:
January 12th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Here’s Antivirus Live removal guide. Follow the guidelines step by step.

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Steve
January 18th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
My system shows Advir2010. Is this just another version of Antivirus 2010?

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ohmysweetstars
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Hi. Im having difficulties getting past the first stage- blocking the rouge websites. It wont allow me to save the updated host file. how do i do this?

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Luciana Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Proceed to other steps. You should be able to remove this infection without blocking the malicious websites.

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MC
February 5th, 2010 at 3:30 am
I removed everything by manual…. and may i ask why i cant open my task manager??

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JR
February 8th, 2010 at 7:13 am
I had XP antivirus Pro 2010 on my work laptop windows XP, the files that the removal guides gave were different to mine.
However I couldnt run any exe files, there is two ways to run exe files with this problem, Safemode with command prompt or create a .bat file on your desktop.. right click>New>text document..
Rename it to text.bat right click the bat file and clcik edit..type the name of the exe file you need to launch, in my case regedit.exe then click file and save in the text editor.
Double click the bat file now and it should launch the program you entered when editing it.

My culprit file was called AV.exe which was found in C:\Documents and Settings\User\Apllication Data\AV.exe.
You will need to create a .bat file to launch taskmanager.exe as above and stop the process from running, in my case it was AV.exe. then delete AV.exe

Create a .bat file for regedit and launch it, navigate to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
Backup the .exe folder encase things go tits up: Right click the .exe folder and click export save it to your desktop.
Under the .exe folder in the registry editor You should have one subfolder called PersistentHandler, i had a load of sub folders which i deleted (right click folder delete)
This is the important part one of my subfolders was launcing the AV.exe program which is why all exe programs were blocked from executing.
Highlight the .exe folder, over on the right side of the regeditor you should have a entry called (default) Double click (Default) make sure the value is exefile and click ok.

Reboot your machine.. I cannot guarentee this will completly fix it but i have mine working fine with viruses found by zone alarm so far..

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Khan Reply:
February 13th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Thanks for your valuable information JR. I had the defender 2010 virus on my system due to my carelessness of not upgradeing my Mcafee anti virus. Once I identify the message as virus I upgrade my anti virus which removed all the virus files but then left me with the same issue as you where I could not open my regedit.
So when on to start my system in Safe mode with comand prompt
then entered : regedit
showed a the regedit window
follow exactly the same steps as above.
Thanks fully it is working now. Hopefully I shouldnt face any more issues.

Thanks once again JR.

KHAN

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Fid Reply:
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Thank you for the exe fix. Saved me a LOT of time.

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TD
February 21st, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Hello, I recently “recieved” the Vista Antivirus 2010, and I immediately restored my computer to a previous date. It doesnt seem as though i have it anymore, however, I cannot find nor start task manager.
@ JR, I need help with creating .bat files via right click> new> text document.
Whenever i save (for example), regedit.exe, and reopen the text document, it only shows the text and does not run the regedit.
If this helps, I have windows Vista.
When in safety mode command prompt, i tried tracking wingamma.exe listed above in the manual remove section, however, it cannot be found, does this mean i have rid of the virus? If that is the case, why can’t I start task manager?

Please reply Asap. Thanks in advance!

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TD Reply:
February 21st, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Found the solution for the task manager part : backup and restore to a point 1 week+. However, I am still concerned about any existing files that are potentially dangerous, please help.

Thanks again in advance.

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JR
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:19 am
If you have managed to do a system restore i dont think you got hit with the virus or hit hard, i wasnt able to restore my system.
So as you did thats a good sign, normally most virus’s disable and delete all your previous restore points.
As you have restored and all is working fine? delete all your restore points as its in the restore file that can keep any virus’s or infected files.
To delete them you just need to turn off restore and then turn it back on again, its when you turn it off it will delete all previous restore points.

To create the bat file for taskmanager:
Right click desktop>New>Text Document
Rename the document to taskmgr.bat press enter and click yes on the prompt
Right Click taskmgr.bat click edit
In the notepad typr taskmgr.exe > click file and save close notepad via the red x
double click the bat file to launch taskmanager..

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Kayode
February 27th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Amazing! Every website I’ve visited only gives solutions on how to remove this malware. Not one has mentioned how to protect your PC from being hijacked in future. Does anyone know of any program that will prevent this malware from installing itself and creating havoc?

I currently have the free version of AVG which obviously is useless as my laptop has been affected a couple of times but I’m willing to pay for a an antimalware as long as I know it will work.

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Mjolnir Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
A good antivirus program will protect you from being hijacked, and you should definitely get a firewall program. Comodo and Avira are great programs that you can get for free. I used to have AVG free and it was pretty useless. Avira caught a lot of malware that AVG completely missed. It’s also good to remember not to download anything in an email unless you were expecting it, like a receipt from a site you ordered from or a friend.

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Emm
February 28th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Thank you so much! I was in a real fix there, it took away my internet access!

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Jasmine Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:13 am
How did you get rid of the virus. I have the same one and it is taking away my internet access also. Thank You

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Luciana Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Use the manual removal guide posted on this page; simply scroll up this page till you see note “Antivirus 2010 manual removal instructions”. You can print the guide on another computer if you can’t access it from the infected machine.

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Stan
March 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am
I cant find any of the registeries listed here

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Luciana Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
You may have different infection or Antivirus 2010 may have been updated by its creators. If it’s the latter, we will update the removal guide as soon as possible.

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sonicman
March 7th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Hey, i followed the directions perfectly, but whenever i log in on non safe mode, it freezes, and safe mode works fine.

Help?

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Rachel
March 7th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Same as Stan — this is the second time I’ve been hit with it in less than a month. I managed to get it off manually the first time, since I couldn’t get anything to run, but this time I don’t have any of those registry files listed.

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Chris
March 8th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Looking for assistance. I manually deleted the files for the XP Antispyware 2010 malware. Now, when I try to open programs, I am getting the message: “This file does not have a program associated with it for specifying this action. Create an association in the Folder Option control panel”.

Also, can not download Firefox, probably for the same reason.

Any help?

Thanks

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Mills
March 8th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Got this Vista Anti virus pro from nowhere. Stopped me from surfing the internet no access to anything. I use windows vista. Failed to perform systems restore as unable to select a restore point, only dates available were the ones already highlighted.

So whenever l did a restore, it brought me back to the pop-ups. Used the task manager to analyse activities in the CPU, following a reboot watched ones with highest activity when pop-ups where active, my culprit was av.exe. As soon as l deleted the file the pop-ups stopped only to come back whenever l tried to use internet explorer.

In the end managed to leave windows for both the task manager and the vista anti-virus running (somehow managed to slow the virus down giving me time) and searched the net with success downloading the Spyware Doctor which successfully stopped all the problems. It took me nearly 10 hours.

Found all the advice and suggestions from everyone very helpful. Now l can get back to my research. Let’s continue to fight this alien. Thank you everyone.

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Mjolnir
March 12th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
And as a sidenote: This virus literally gets worse as you try to fix it. Be careful and make sure that your important data is always backed up.

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Harris
March 16th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Hi Everyone. i have Antivirus 2010 on my desktop sooo im using my laptopto look for sites tht will help me get rid of it. Almost every site ive been to has told me to get rid of the virus 1 of 2 ways. it says to either delete these files manualy by searching for them or to download sumkinda dleter program. i tried doing the manual search and typed in the file names but my search engine has already been hacked and i cant use it. so then i heard about restarting the computer to before u got the virus. NOPE! my restart has been hacked too so it doesnt show a calander and the program becomes unresponsive so i have to x out of it. ive tried everything i can think of and im usualy very good with computers but this is outa my league. -.- any suggestions on what i can do (besides uploading another program) to get rid of it?

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srgrimm
March 21st, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Why can’t these guys who are doing this be found and shut down? I know my ip is all over the place when I visit sites….so why not these culprits…
Thanks for all the useful info.

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Mary
March 24th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
OMG…. I was suspicious it was fake, but it wouldn’t even let me get online, and so there wa no way for me to research about it. I Paid the anti virus vista 2010 to fix it…. So basically I paid money for something that is fake…. what should I do? do they have al my personal information??? whatshould I do??

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Luciana Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
There’s no sure way of knowing if the scammers got your personal details, but you should call local authorities of your bank and explain what happened. These things are quite common and bank should have some procedure for this. They may even be still able to cancel your payment.
Now, if Antivirus Vista 2010 is still on your computer, use this removal tutorial.

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Craig Jeavons
April 8th, 2010 at 12:14 am
I found another tip I just wanted to share.

I had the XP AntiSpyware and it was blocking everything from running, Internet, programs everything.

I downloaded the malware programs menioned above to a USB stick and copied them to the infected PC. Double clicking them wouldn’t run as I was getting the error messages in the posts above. BUT…if you right click and select ‘Run As..’ Then untick the box under your username that says that protection is on. The program will then run and you can install the malware remover.

This might only work on XP but it worked for me and my laptop is now clean again within an hour or so.

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Kall
October 7th, 2010 at 5:43 am
There is NO AV2010, Antivirus2010, wingamma etc nothing that was said above shows up but yet the virus is there and i cannot locate it. heeeelp

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Luciana Reply:
October 11th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
The files might be different on different computers. Have you tried running antispyware scan?

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Still
December 17th, 2010 at 1:23 am
First of all do search for the files that were created about the time you get infection. Short-list the to ones that is 200-1000kb in size. Doesn’t matter what’s the extention. Connect the disc to other PC as a non-booting slave. Move those shortlisted files in your newly created folder that is not in system %PATH% variable. Scan this slave disk using all the available newest real antivirus programs. Return the disk to the original PC and boot in safe mode, note all the error messages regarding non existing files and remove related link in registry.

NEXT:
Do not use Internet Explorer – AT ALL. It’s the biggest system hole. Use Firefox stuffed with NoScript, AdBlockPlus and NoFlash. That’s the combination that keeps me out of viruses for 5 years already, despite the fact that I do not use any real-time antivirus.

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