Advanced Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what Advanced Antivirus is?
DESCRIPTION
Advanced Antivirus or AdvancedAntivirus, is a fake anti-spyware program that pretends to have the ability to remove viruses and spyware on your computer. After accidently installing Advanced Antivirus we found that it does not remove spyware or viruses but it does do a good job at annoying the hell out of you. Advanced Antivirus may come from a Trojan infection or directly from the AAV2008.com website.
Once installed, Advanced Antivirus attempts to hijack your homepage redirecting you to malicious websites where you can easily lose your money on an advertised program. Advanced Antivirus may end up stealing your personal information which can become a serious threat to your personal data and identity.
In non-techie terms: Advanced Antivirus is similar to other rogue anti-spyware programs only Advanced Antivirus takes more than just your money, it can steal your personal and private information. Advanced Antivirus can do this by opening up a security hole and transfer information to a remote user. It is very essential to remove Advanced Antivirus from your computer unless you do not mind your bank account info or private information being shared over the internet.
Aliases: AdvancedAntivirus, Advanced Antivirus 2008, AAV2008, aav2008.com.
Advanced Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Advanced Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Advanced Antivirus manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that the infection will be removed completely. So read the removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Advanced Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop Advanced Antivirus processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these processes:
AAVSetup[1].exe
aav.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Advanced Antivirus DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
winhelper.dll
To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Advanced Antivirus and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister Advanced Antivirus registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these registry keys: - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove Advanced Antivirus Directories.
To find infection directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the named folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the selected folder and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting a folder could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Advanced Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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