Eco Antivirus Removal Process (remove EcoAntivirus)
November 19, 2009 – 8:15 amEco Antivirus
Eco Antivirus is a mischievous application that can be found on your system as being installed from a malicious website or Trojan horse parasite. Once installed, Eco Antivirus usually displays fake alert messages and starts to perform system scans that return erroneous results.
Eco Antivirus cannot be trusted to find and remove spyware, malware or even viruses from your computer. It is recommended that Eco Antivirus be removed the instant that it is detected to prevent damages to your computer files or lost of data.
Are you getting popups from Eco Antivirus? Have you identified that you have Eco Antivirus installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Eco Antivirus completely from your computer?
Why should you remove Eco Antivirus?
If Eco 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 Eco 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 Eco Antivirus removal process.
How can you manually remove Eco Antivirus
Manual removal of Eco Antivirus may not be for everyone. Each manual Eco 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 Eco Antivirus removal process.
Eco Antivirus can be removed manually by following the steps below.
- With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
- Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
- Locate Eco Antivirus in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Eco Antivirus, you can continue to step 5.
- Restart your computer.
- Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
- Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
- 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\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Eco Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eco
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{051C9A06-FB08-486F-B09B-8B33B261637D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{29256442-2C14-48CA-B756-3EE0F8BDC774}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ECO
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\S
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “mxcll”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WStech.WStechB.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{512E801E-2F02-4ADE-ACAA-58F08A22B2F8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\WStech.DLL
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eco Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{A5DBD8CB-DF8A-4992-A655-B155216F6AFB}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eco Antivirus
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WStech.WStechB
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A5DBD8CB-DF8A-4992-A655-B155216F6AFB}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Eco Antivirus” -
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Delete all of the following files that are associated with Eco Antivirus from your computer.
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Machine
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\eca\msll.exe
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\ Eco AntiVirus.lnk
%Program Files%\Eco Antivirus
%APPDATA%\mozilla\firefox\profiles\[PROFILE NAME]\gsl.dll
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\eca\Base.dat
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\eca\msdl.exe
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Eco Antivirus
EcoAV[1].exe
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Machine\WStech.dll
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\eca\vec.exe
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\eca
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Eco Antivirus
Eco AntiVirus .lnkIf 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 Eco 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”
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After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with Eco Antivirus by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Eco 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.
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Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed Eco Antivirus completely from your computer. If you find that Eco Antivirus is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Eco Antivirus removal process.
Automatically Remove Eco Antivirus
Automatically remove Eco Antivirus for free. Free automatic Eco Antivirus removal process.
Do you wish to automatically remove Eco Antivirus from your computer? Are you looking for a free method to remove Eco Antivirus from your computer? If so, you can utilize the free automatic Eco Antivirus 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 Eco Antivirus. Just so you know there’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix or any other spyware remover will remove Eco Antivirus completely. These instructions are provided as a guide and are to be used at your own risk.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
- Once SmitfraudFix has finished the registry clean you can restart your computer now.
- Eco Antivirus 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 Eco Antivirus is not guaranteed to work in all circumstances. We are not responsible for any damages.)
