How to remove AV8

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 at 2:43 am
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AV8 description

AV8 is just another name for Antivirus 8 fraud. The program is malicious and it spreads with help of deceptive websites and trojans.

AV 8 is not a virus remover. It is only capable of imitating system scan and infection reports but it is not able to actually check a computer or to locate viruses. AV8 is one of those annoying apps that keep loading pop-ups trying to gain a purchase. Trust none of the messages delivered by AV8! Those are fabricated.

AV8 may cause additional problems such as hijacked web browser. It may redirect its victims to fraudulent web sources.

AV8 is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove AV8

To remove AV8 spyware you must block AV8 sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other AV8 files and registry utility. Follow the AV8 detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove AV8 by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden AV8 files, running processes and registries in your computer, so AV8 may recreate all other files after reboot.

AV8 manual removal instructions

Block AV8 sites:
malwareinfolist.com
malwareurl-check.com Read more how to block AV8 sites

Stop and remove AV8 processes:
av8.exe Read more how to kill AV8 processes

Locate and delete AV8 registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A88246
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinFD
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AV8"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "WinNT-A8I 23.09.2010"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe "Debugger" = "C:\Program Files\AV8\av8.exe -d" Read more how to delete AV8 registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by AV8

Detect and delete other AV8 files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV8\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV8\Antivirus8.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV8\Uninstall.lnk
C:\Program Files\AV8\
C:\Program Files\AV8\av8.exe
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus8.lnk

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track AV8 and automaticaly remove AV8 processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

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9 Responses to

AV8

  1. ben
    January 5th, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    i really hope your download of av8 works, got sucked into the thing too.
    blocks me from web wont let me do anyweb surfin managed to get to this site though
    thanx :)

    Reply

  2. mike
    January 14th, 2011 at 8:18 am

    Hi,

    How can I remove AV8 as I have tried to delete the exe file from my program file.

    Reply

    Luciana Reply:
    January 17th, 2011 at 12:24 am

    Hello,

    You need to delete all the files and registry entries listed on the removal guide. Deleting the exe file is not enough.

    Reply

  3. Chip
    January 14th, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    We got it removed manually. Followed all the above instructions, but still couldn’t get on internet. We use both explorer and firefox. So finally locating and delititng registry entries we saw firefox.exe file, opened it and it said “Debugger… firefox/ ie-safemode . Deleted it too and it took care of the final problem.

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    Luciana Reply:
    January 17th, 2011 at 12:26 am

    Thank you for sharing this.

    Reply

  4. phillip
    January 26th, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    make sure that proxy server is not checked ( internet explorer, internet options – connections tab, lab settings button bottom of the tab is information on proxy server. if it is checked and you do not actually require a proxy server then you would not get any outside websites.

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  5. phillip
    January 26th, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Lan settings – not lab. doh.

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  6. Slayer
    January 30th, 2011 at 4:46 am

    Just a note on AV8 virus.

    If a window pops up that says to run AV8, it gives you the choice of clicking OK only.
    Before you click anything thing, do this.

    1 turn off your wireless adapter, or unplug network cable.
    2 use CNTL-ALT-DEL to bring up task manager and shut AV8 down from there.

    after that reconnect your network and launch your browser, DO NOT resume last session, go to Home page.

    This will prevent AV8 from invading your system, however I would still recommend running a virus scan just to be sure. Hope this helps.

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