Antivirus 2008 Removal Process (remove Antivirus2008)

May 5, 2008 – 2:34 am

Antivirus 2008 or also known as the name Antivirus2008, is a rogue anti-spyware program similar to the well known XP Antivirus rogue application. Antivirus 2008 may run system scans that display a plethora of fake results. Many of the parasites listed on the Antivirus 2008 scans may be legitimate parasites but they are not on your machine. Antivirus 2008 pulls these results out of thin air in an attempt to scare you into purchasing the Antivirus 2008 program.

Antivirus 2008 was cleverly designed to look like any well-put-together anti-spyware or antispyware program by resembling the Windows theme colors. Many rogue programs will copy the look of familiar programs so it does not raise any red flags for the program being a fake. Do not worry, we will raise the red flag for you when it comes to Antivirus 2008. Antivirus 2008 is a fake and an out-right scam. Antivirus 2008 should not be downloaded or installed. If you find that you have the Antivirus 2008 program on your system then you must take action immediately.

The following process will help you remove Antivirus 2008 from your system easily and safely.

Antivirus 2008 Manual Removal Process:

1. Click on the Start Menu button, then click on the Control Panel option, and then Double-click on the Add or Remove Programs icon.

2. Locate Antivirus 2008 and double-click on it to uninstall Antivirus 2008. Follow the screen step-by-step screen instructions to complete uninstallation of Antivirus 2008. Do not worry about this if you cannot find it in Add/Remove window. Simply skip to #5.

3. Restart the computer.

4. When it has completed uninstalling you can close Add or Remove Programs and your Control Panel.

5. Close all programs.

6. Search and delete the following infected entries in registry. If you do not know how to edit registry, click here to read more.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus 2008
HKEY_USERS\Software\antivirus 2008

7. Stop Antivirus 2008 process. If you do not know how to stop a running process, click here to read more.

8. Find and delete the following infected files from your system. Don’t worry if you don’t find these files. Just proceed to next step.

Antivirus 2008.exe
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll

If you do not know how to find it or having difficulties locating the file, click here to read more.

9. Rename the files that you found above to “foundbadfile1.dll” and “foundbadfile2.dll” (if you can not rename this file, then try to restart your computer in safe mode then try to rename this file.) If you don’t know how to start the computer in safe mode, click here to read more.

10. Go to C:\Program Files\ folder and delete the “Antivirus 2008″ folder (if you can’t delete it, reboot your computer to safe mode then delete the folder. Do not worry about it if you can’t find this folder.)

11. Click here to bookmark this page (you will need to comeback to this page after reboot)
(If you are using Firefox click on Ctrl+D on your keyboard to bookmark this page)

12. Restart your computer

13. Go to your computer and delete the “foundbadfile1.dll” and “foundbadfile2.dll” file

14. You have just removed Antivirus 2008 from your computer manually.

Remove Antivirus 2008 with SmitfraudFix:

SmitfraudFix is a free tool that S!Ri created to remove fake anti-spyware programs. It can be risky so we cannot guarantee the result. Please use it with reservations. We would never recommend to purchase anything unless it’s necessary. That’s why we produce this free removal process.

1. Download SmitfraudFix tool and save it to your desktop.

2. Restart your computer and boot into Safe Mode. If you don’t know how to start the computer in safe mode, click here to read more.

3. Double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon then follow the screen instructions. Option #2 should be selected in this case.

4. When you are prompted with “Do you want to clean the registry ?”, simply answer “Y”.

5. Reboot.

6. You should have removed Antivirus 2008 from your computer. Sometimes it might take more than once to work properly. If SmitfraudFix removal tool does not work, which is in no-guarantee due to the nature of spyware, please refer to the manual removal steps above or purchase a legitimate removal tool if necessary.

(Disclaimers: These instructions are free and not guaranteed to work. Please use it at your own risks. We are not responsible for any damages.)