Anti-Virus Elite Removal Guide
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DESCRIPTION
Anti-Virus Elite is a seriously malicious rogue antispyware application that will only cause you problems. You need to know that this malicious Anti-Virus Elite is closely associated to the dangerous Anti-virus Professional. Anti-Virus Elitewill make use of a fake system scan as well as fake system scan report results in order to try and convince you that you have all types of malicious threats running on your machine. You need to be aware of the factor that everything which is even remotely associated to Anti-Virus Elite is dangerous and will only harm your computer.
In non-techie terms:
If you suspect that you may have Anti-Virus Elite running on your machine, then you need to remove it immediately. You have the option of the manual removal process or alternatively the automatic removal process. You need to be aware of the factor that if you decide to choose the manual removal process, the risks are very high of you causing even more additional damage to your computer.
Aliases: Anti-VirusElite, Anti-Virus Elite v5.0, Anti-VirusElitev5.0.
Anti-Virus Elite Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Anti-Virus Elite Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Anti-Virus Elite manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Anti-Virus Elite will be removed completely. So read the Anti-Virus Elite 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 Anti-Virus Elite Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Anti-Virus Elite if found. - To stop Anti-Virus Elite 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 Anti-Virus Elite processes:
Uninstall Anti-Virus Elite .lnk
Anti-Virus Elite.exe
Anti-Virus Elite .lnk
Anti-Virus Elite.lnk
setup[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Anti-Virus Elite DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Anti-Virus Elite DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Anti-Virus Elite DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Anti-Virus Elite and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Anti-Virus Elite 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 Anti-Virus Elite 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 Anti-Virus Elite 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 Anti-Virus Elite Directories.
To find Anti-Virus Elite directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Anti-Virus Elite directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Anti-Virus Elite folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Anti-Virus Elite and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Anti-Virus Elite could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Anti-Virus Elite icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Anti-Virus Elite manual removal instructions!
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