Vista Antivirus 2008 Removal Process (remove VistaAntivirus2008)

July 23, 2008 – 8:50 am

Vista Antivirus 2008 is a fake anti-spyware program that may be a clone of Antivirus2008. Vista Antivirus 2008 masks itself to be a legitimate spyware removal tool but we have found out that it is not. Vista Antivirus 2008 is basically junk because it scans your system only to display fake scan results. Vista Antivirus 2008 may prompt you to purchase the licensed version of Vista Antivirus 2008. Do not do this, you will only be disappointed and upset with yourself after you find out that Vista Antivirus 2008 does nothing for you.

Vista Antivirus 2008 is known to be installed from a Trojan infection or downloaded from a malicious website. We highly urge you to avoid downloading or purchasing Vista Antivirus 2008. You should remove Vista Antivirus 2008 as soon as you can if you have it installed on your computer.

The following process will help you remove Vista Antivirus 2008 from your system easily and safely.

Vista Antivirus 2008 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 Vista Antivirus 2008 and double-click on it to uninstall Vista Antivirus 2008. Follow the screen step-by-step screen instructions to complete uninstallation of Vista Antivirus 2008. 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Vista Antivirus 2008

7. Stop Vista Antivirus 2008 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.

Vista Antivirus 2008.exe
Vista Antivirus 2008.dll
Vista Antivirus 2008.lnk

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 “Vista Antivirus 2008″ 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 Vista Antivirus 2008 from your computer manually.

Remove Vista Antivirus 2008 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 Vista Antivirus 2008 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.)