Home Antivirus 2010 Removal Process (remove HomeAntivirus 2010)
July 19, 2009 – 7:54 pmHome Antivirus 2010
Home Antivirus 2010 is another fake security program known to be a clone of WinReanimator, which is a similar rogue anti-spyware program that was created by the same hackers that developed Home Antivirus 2010.
Home Antivirus 2010 uses several fictitious system messages, popups and even system scans. One of the system warning messages reads:
“WARNING! Home Antivirus 2010 has found 33 useless and UNWANTED files on your computer!
- 21 of those items are considered critical privacy compromising content
- 9 of those items are considered medium privacy threats
- 3 of those items are considered to be junk content of low privacy threats
Personal data at the reach of anyone’s hand
Internet history records available
Compromising and adult material stored on your system
Chat sessions’ logs and personal Emails easily reachable
You need to register Home Antivirus 2010 to clean the unwanted files found. Click “Register now” button below to obtain the license and remove useless and compromising material from your PC.”
Home Antivirus 2010 is not able to fix any of the issues mentioned in the fake messages above. Home Antivirus 2010 has an ultimate goal of getting computer users to purchase it. If you purchase Home Antivirus 2010, then you may be sorry after you find out that you have just wasted your money on a program that is pretty much worthless for being an effective security program. Remove Home Antivirus 2010 now and save yourself the headache that you get after wasting money.
Are you getting popups from Home Antivirus 2010? Have you identified that you have Home Antivirus 2010 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Home Antivirus 2010 completely from your computer?
Why should you remove Home Antivirus 2010?
If Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010 removal process.
How can you manually remove Home Antivirus 2010
Manual removal of Home Antivirus 2010 may not be for everyone. Each manual Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010 removal process.
Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Home Antivirus 2010, 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\Home Antivirus 2010
HomeAntivirus2010
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Home Antivirus 2010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Home Antivirus 2010″ -
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Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process
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Delete all of the following files that are associated with Home Antivirus 2010 from your computer.
Home Antivirus 2010.lnk
HomeAntivirus2010.exe
homeav2010.exe
Home Antivirus 2010If 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 Home Antivirus 2010, 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 Home Antivirus 2010 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010 completely from your computer. If you find that Home Antivirus 2010 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Home Antivirus 2010 removal process.
Automatically Remove Home Antivirus 2010
Automatically remove Home Antivirus 2010 for free. Free automatic Home Antivirus 2010 removal process.
Do you wish to automatically remove Home Antivirus 2010 from your computer? Are you looking for a free method to remove Home Antivirus 2010 from your computer? If so, you can utilize the free automatic Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010. Just so you know there’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix or any other spyware remover will remove Home Antivirus 2010 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.
- Home Antivirus 2010 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 Home Antivirus 2010 is not guaranteed to work in all circumstances. We are not responsible for any damages.)
