How to remove Anti-Virus-1
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 2:58 amAnti-Virus-1 description
Anti-Virus-1 is a successor of the infamous Antivirus 2010 fraud (learn more about Antivirus2010 infection). Anti-Virus-1 is promoted as it was recommended by the Microsoft Corp. It is also presented as a security tool; but all those tricks are fraudulent.
Anti-Virus-1 is neither anti-virus nor is it approved by Microsoft. AntiVirus-1(a.k.a. AV1) is a malware and a scam. Although it’s designed to look like a security program, it’s not capable of functioning as antivirus. AntiVirus1 is only able to fabricate security reports. The fake alerts are loaded in order to scare people into purchasing Anti-Virus-1. The paid version is useless.
Anti-Virus-1 is not dangerous for a computer but it makes a system run really slowly. It also redirects web browser to microsoft.browser-security-center.com which is a fraudulent website.
Get rid of Anti-Virus-1
Anti-Virus-1 is a Rogue Antispyware software
How to manually remove Anti-Virus-1
To remove Anti-Virus-1 spyware you must block Anti-Virus-1 sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Anti-Virus-1 files and registry utility. Follow the Anti-Virus-1 detection and removal instructions below.
The most typical software removal method is to remove Anti-Virus-1 by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden Anti-Virus-1 files, running processes and registries in your computer, so Anti-Virus-1 may recreate all other files after reboot.
Anti-Virus-1 manual removal instructions
Block Anti-Virus-1 sites:
microsoft.browser-security-center.com
av1-scanner.info
av1-download.info
antivirus1-site.info
av1-site.info
antivirus1-download.info
av-best.info
av1-best-click.info
best-av1.info
best-click-av1.info
av1-best-protect.info
best-av1-protect.info
Read more how to block Anti-Virus-1 sites
Stop and remove Anti-Virus-1 processes:
AV1i.exe
Stage2[1].exe
AV1i2.exe
StageThree[1].exe
svchost[1].exe
svchost.exe
av1.exe
install[1].exe
Read more how to kill Anti-Virus-1 processes
Locate and delete Anti-Virus-1 registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV1\AV1\{F275E931-AFEC-4f70-B0D4-CC2731B945E0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{29256442-2C14-48CA-B756-3EE0F8BDC774}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\QWProtect.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{70FEAD04-A7FD-4B89-B814-8A8251C90EF7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{051C9A06-FB08-486F-B09B-8B33B261637D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QWProtect.QWProtectBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{512E801E-2F02-4ADE-ACAA-58F08A22B2F8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{70FEAD04-A7FD-4B89-B814-8A8251C90EF7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Monitor calibration"
Read more how to delete Anti-Virus-1 registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Anti-Virus-1
Search and unregister Anti-Virus-1 DLL libraries:
QWProtect[1].dll
QWProtect.dll
Read more how to unregister Anti-Virus-1 DLL files
Detect and delete other Anti-Virus-1 files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Anti-virus-1
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1\AV1.cab
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1\av1.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1\AV1i.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1\AV1i2.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1\QWProtect.dll
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV1\svchost.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Anti-virus-1.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Anti-virus-1\Anti-virus-1.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Anti-virus-1\Uninstall.lnk
We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track Anti-Virus-1 and automaticaly remove Anti-Virus-1 processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.
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