Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Removal Process (remove UltimateAntivirus2008)

Protect Yourself from Ultimate Antivirus 2008

- Remove rogue anti-spyware/anti-virus programs
- Prevent trojans, hijackers & other malware infections
- Use spyware helpdesk to resolve pesky malware

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Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Explanation

Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is a fake anti-spyware application. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 was discovered to make your computer vulnerable to attacks from outside unknown sources. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 does this by opening up a security hole of the computer that has Ultimate Antivirus 2008 installed on it. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 may be installed by a Trojan infection which may be obtained from a fake video codec or infected website.

Ultimate Antivirus 2008 should not be compared to Norton’s Antivirus2008 because of the similar name. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 has a name similar to legitimate programs for the sole purpose of tricking computer users into thinking Ultimate Antivirus 2008 can be trusted. Hate to break the bad news to you but Ultimate Antivirus 2008 cannot be trusted because it is a fake program that does not perform any of the functions that it claims too such as removal of spyware. If you have Ultimate Antivirus 2008 installed it should be removed immediately before it causes damage to your system or theft of your personal information.

Are you getting popups from Ultimate Antivirus 2008? Have you identified that you have Ultimate Antivirus 2008 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Ultimate Antivirus 2008 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove Ultimate Antivirus 2008?

If Ultimate Antivirus 2008 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 removal process.

How can you manually remove Ultimate Antivirus 2008

Manual removal of Ultimate Antivirus 2008 may not be for everyone. Each manual Ultimate Antivirus 2008 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 removal process.

Ultimate Antivirus 2008 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Ultimate Antivirus 2008, 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\Antivirus

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UltimateAntivirus2008

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\UltimateAntivirus2008

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Ultimate Antivirus 2008. 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 from your computer.

   Antvrs.exe

   shlwapi.dll

   uav.cpl

   uav.exe

   UAV2008Setup.exe

   Ultimate Antivirus 2008.lnk

   Ultimate Antivirus.lnk

   UltimateAntivirus2008.exe

   wininet.dll

   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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008, 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Ultimate Antivirus 2008 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 completely from your computer. If you find that Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Ultimate Antivirus 2008 removal process.