IE Antivirus Removal Process (remove IEAntivirus)
April 25, 2008 – 11:21 amIE Antivirus or IE Antivirus 3.2 is a fake anti-spyware program that is similar to IE Defender, Malware Bell and Files Secure which are well known throughout the internet as rogue anti-spyware. IE Antivirus may drastically slow down your system when it is running on your system. IE Antivirus performs various tasks such as scanning your system and displaying totally fake scan results. This is part of IE Antivirus grand scheme to get computer users to purchase the licensed version of IE Antivirus in order to “remove spyware”.
IE Antivirus does not actually remove spyware despite the claims that it makes. IE Antivirus can be installed without you knowing about it through a Trojan infection, usually Vundo Trojan or Zlob Trojan. More than likely IE Antivirus rooted from a fake video codec download which initiated the download of the Trojan that installs IE Antivirus. It is recommended that all computer users avoid purchasing IE Antivirus and remove it as soon as you can. IEAntivirus.com was discovered as another source that computer users may obtain the IE Antivirus program from. Do not visit IEAntivirus.com, it can seriously wreck your day if you listen to the junk on that site.
The following process will help you remove IE Antivirus from your system easily and safely.
IE Antivirus 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 IE Antivirus and double-click on it to uninstall IE Antivirus. Follow the screen step-by-step screen instructions to complete uninstallation of IE Antivirus. 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_CURRENT_USER\software\ieantivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run antispy
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\ie antivirus
7. Stop IE Antivirus 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.
ieav.exe
uninst.exe
ieavinstaller.exe
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 “IE Antivirus” 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 IE Antivirus from your computer manually.
Remove IE Antivirus 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 IE Antivirus 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.)
7 Responses to “IE Antivirus Removal Process (remove IEAntivirus)”
Thank Dudes Men that is what i have on my computer no wonder all other antivirus that i have would not get rid of those names that come up on the screen. also the harddrive did little noise while checking it,while the other anivirus that i have make a hole lot of noice on the hard drive i started to think that it was fake but now that i know this men. I will delete the gay thing.
By edgar on Apr 30, 2008
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By Mike on May 28, 2008
i just had this one. i think it appeared when i loaded a keygen that i got from fullsoftshar.com. but i don’t know. i was also uploading a video in youtube when it happened. when that “system error: “attention! your system is infected..blahblah! download latest antivirus(recommended)”
i didnt think anything when i read that so i Okay-ed. i didnt even read the whole message..silly me.when that fake program fake searched & that system error kept on appearing, this time i read the whole message (why would this kind of message report to personally & my computer also appeared like ATTENTION, SM!) plus when i learned the program needs to be purchased & the spelling of still is STEEL, then i know it’s fake. also my windows defender & spybot s&d found this as fake. it’s a good thing i stopped the program immediately & let my two loving anti-threats do the work but i also killed this rogue manually before i found you on the net because i was searching how to kill this, but turned out i did kill it before i found you.. so i killed it 3times.
also good thing, i have another internet browser that’s not internet explorer which i learned from you that it hacks through internet explorer. so the name is where the fake “IE” anti-threat came (IE is internet explorer, now i figured) however, my spybot found ieantivirus & my windefender found iedefender..so i got two fakes…
thanks.
By sm on Jun 3, 2008
now, all i have to do is stop this message error from appearing. my avg cannot locate this trojan & i cant identify what this trojan. if i kno, i would also know how to manually kill it….i just don’t know how to identify this virus if my antivirus cant find it…any help?
By sm on Jun 3, 2008
i haven’t tried your smitfraudfix yet though..just cant take the risk..
By sm on Jun 3, 2008
tihs resulted into loss of data
By robby on Jul 6, 2008