Antivirus 2009 Removal Process (remove Antivirus2009)

June 22, 2008 – 9:23 am

Antivirus 2009 Explanation

Antivirus 2009 is a clone of Antivirus 2008 which many of us know to be a dangerous rogue anti-spyware program. Think of Antivirus 2009 as an evil twin brother of Antivirus 2008 only Antivirus 2009 was born a few minutes after Antivirus 2008. Before you run off and greet Antivirus 2009 into the world you may want to hold-off on the welcoming committee. Antivirus 2009 is no better than Antivirus 2008 in that it creates popup alerts and performs fake scans on your computer. Antivirus 2009 does this to scare you into thinking you must utilize the full Antivirus 2009 program to remove found parasites. Antivirus 2009 comes from Trojans and infected websites such as Antivirus-2009.com just like its bigger brother.

Antivirus 2009 is known on the internet as Antivirus 2009, Antivirus2009 or Antivirus-2009.com.

It may be heart breaking to find out that Antivirus 2009 is like a little bad boy that takes your money and never returns it. This pretty much happens if you ever purchase the Antivirus 2009 program which is not very wise. If you have purchased Antivirus 2009 you can still remove it. You may be out of a tank of gas but you still can regain your sanity.

Are you getting popups from Antivirus 2009? Have you identified that you have Antivirus 2009 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Antivirus 2009 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove Antivirus 2009?

If Antivirus 2009 resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that Antivirus 2009 may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking Antivirus 2009 removal process.

How can you manually remove Antivirus 2009

Manual removal of Antivirus 2009 may not be for everyone. Each manual Antivirus 2009 removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic Antivirus 2009 removal process.

Antivirus 2009 can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate Antivirus 2009 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Antivirus 2009, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “ieupdate”
   Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Antivirus 2009
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{037C7B8A-151A-49E6-BAED-CC05FCB50328}
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{037C7B8A-151A-49E6-BAED-CC05FCB50328}
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “75319611769193918898704537500611″
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\75319611769193918898704537500611

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Antivirus 2009. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with Antivirus 2009 from your computer.

   ieexplorer32.exe
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009\Antivirus 2009.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antivirus 2009.lnk
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\scui.cpl
   c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\av2009.exe
   AV2009Install_880405[1].exe
   av2009[1].exe
   av2009.exe
   AntivirusPro2009.exe
   AV2009Install[1].exe
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009\Uninstall Antivirus 2009.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\S96PZM7V\winsrc[1].dll
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\winsrc.dll
   c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009
   Uninstall Antivirus 2009.lnk
   AV2009Install.exe
   ieexplorer32.exe-removed_skip
   Power-Antivirus-2009.exe
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009
   %UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus 2009.lnk
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\ieupdates.exe
   AV2009Install_880405[2].exe
   Antivirus 2009.lnk
   Antivirus2009.exe

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with Antivirus 2009, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select “Safe Mode with Networking”

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with Antivirus 2009 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Antivirus 2009 folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed Antivirus 2009 completely from your computer. If you find that Antivirus 2009 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Antivirus 2009 removal process.

Automatically Remove Antivirus 2009

Automatically remove Antivirus 2009 for free. Free automatic Antivirus 2009 removal process.

Do you wish to automatically remove Antivirus 2009 from your computer? Are you looking for a free method to remove Antivirus 2009 from your computer? If so, you can utilize the free automatic Antivirus 2009 removal process below. Each step is designed to aid in the use of the program SmitfraudFix, which is a free tool created by S!Ri to remove parasites such as Antivirus 2009. Just so you know there’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix or any other spyware remover will remove Antivirus 2009 completely. These instructions are provided as a guide and are to be used at your own risk.

1. Download the SmitfraudFix tool to your computer by using our free download link here. Save the downloaded file to your desktop.

   Image 1. Save SmitfraudFix.exe

   

2. Restart your computer into safe mode. Safe mode will allow malicious files that are normally loaded into memory to be easily deleted by the SmitfraudFix program. Do you want to learn how to boot into safe mode? If so, you can follow our process on how to boot into safe mode here.

3. After booting into safe mode, double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon that should be located on your desktop. Follow the on-screen instructions. Option number 2 should be selected once the program starts.

   Image 2. Click on SmitfraudFix.exe icon

   

4. After SmitfraudFix performs the initial removal processes it will ask you “Do you want to clean the registry?” Select Y for yes.

   Image 3. For “Do you want to clean the registry?,” select Y for yes

   

5. Once SmitfraudFix has finished the registry clean you can restart your computer now.
6. Antivirus 2009 should be removed from your computer. If not, you can start the automatic removal process over. It may take more than one try in some rare cases.

There’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix will remove all files due to the complex nature of new spyware files that are ever-changing. If necessary, you may need to get help from a person who knows about computer and spyware.

(Disclaimers: These instructions are provided to you for free and to be used at your own risk. The free removal process for Antivirus 2009 is not guaranteed to work in all circumstances. We are not responsible for any damages.)