Antivir Removal Guide
Do you know what Antivir is?
DESCRIPTION
Antivir was found to be a destructive program. Antivir is a rogue anti-spyware application, which when installed, scans the system, and will ALWAYS find multiple parasites (that are not actually present on the computer). Antivir will carry out this ‘system scan’ among other actions, to keep computer users perplexed about the next step to take in order to remove the found parasites. Antivir has one main goal: attempting to coerce users into to purchasing the full version, through the various malicious actions that are performed.
In non-techie terms:
If you have Antivir installed then you may notice several pop-up messages and ‘system scans’ that initiate automatically. It is essential that you remove Antivir and all of its files from your computer before you make the big mistake of spending your money on this ineffective program. Antivir does NOT remove parasites or protect a computer in any way, it should NOT be purchased or even installed for that matter. It is recommended that you use a good spyware detection tool to identify the Antivir program on your system so it may be removed safely.
Aliases: Anti vir, Anti.vir, rogue Antivir,
Antivir Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Antivir Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Antivir manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Antivir will be removed completely. So read the Antivir 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 Antivir Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Antivir if found. - To stop Antivir 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 Antivir processes:
compwiz.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Antivir DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Antivir DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Antivir DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Antivir and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Antivir 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 Antivir 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 Antivir registry keys:
There are no 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 Antivir Directories.
To find Antivir directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Antivir directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Antivir folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Antivir and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Antivir could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Antivir icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Antivir manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Antivir problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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