Barracuda Antivirus Removal Process (remove BarracudaAntivirus)

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Barracuda Antivirus

Barracuda Antivirus is an illicit security application known to be a rogue anti-spyware program. Barracuda Antivirus uses multiple strategies to force you to purchase a full version of Barracuda Antivirus. Barracuda Antivirus does this through fake popup messages and bogus system warnings that may alert you of some imaginary computer infection.

Barracuda Antivirus cannot be trusted for anything. Once Barracuda Antivirus is on your computer, it will start to scan it displaying fake scan results. Barracuda Antivirus may come from a website that advertises and sells Barracuda Antivirus. Also, Barracuda Antivirus can be installed automatically through a Trojan horse. Removal of Barracuda Antivirus is important to perform to prevent damages to your system. Save your money and never purchase Barracuda Antivirus for any reason or you may be sorry later when you find out that it has damages system files on your computer.

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

Why should you remove Barracuda Antivirus?

If Barracuda Antivirus 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 Barracuda Antivirus 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 Barracuda Antivirus removal process.

How can you manually remove Barracuda Antivirus

Manual removal of Barracuda Antivirus may not be for everyone. Each manual Barracuda Antivirus 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 Barracuda Antivirus removal process.

Barracuda Antivirus 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 Barracuda Antivirus in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Barracuda Antivirus, 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Barracuda Antivirus

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Barracuda Antivirus"

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad "ieModule"

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Barracuda Antivirus

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Barracuda Antivirus. 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.

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

   %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\Antivirussystempro.exe

   %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\conf.cfg

   %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\mbase.vdb

   %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\quarantine.vdb

   %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\queue.vdb

   %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\uninstall.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 Barracuda Antivirus, 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 Barracuda Antivirus by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Barracuda Antivirus 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 Barracuda Antivirus completely from your computer. If you find that Barracuda Antivirus is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Barracuda Antivirus removal process.