Antivirus 2010 Removal Guide and Information
Do you know what Antivirus 2010 is?
DESCRIPTION
Antivirus 2010 is a vicious rogue anti-spyware program that we discovered to be similar to Antivirus 2009. Antivirus 2010 may have been created by the same group of hackers who spread the Antivirus 2009 program over the internet. Antivirus 2010 has jumped a step ahead in its name by using the year 2010 to exploit computer users making them believe it is a new tool that will remove parasites from your computer. Antivirus 2010 is just as dangerous as any other fake anti-spyware program currently effecting thousands of computer users over the internet.
Antivirus 2010 may be installed by a Trojan infection such as Zlob or Vundo. Antivirus 2010 may also annoy computer users with various fake popup and alert messages. It is very important to remove Antivirus 2010 completely from your system or you risk damage or theft of your personal data.
In non-techie terms: Do not ever purchase Antivirus 2010 even if it looks to be a legitimate program. The fact remains that programs like Antivirus 2010 are useless and a complete waste of time and money.
Aliases: Antivirus 2010, Antivirus2010.
Antivirus 2010 Removal Guide and Information Automatic Removal Instructions
Antivirus 2010 Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Antivirus 2010 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 Antivirus 2010 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop Antivirus 2010 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:
AV2010.exe
AV2010Installer[1].exe
QW2010.exe
wingamma.exe
svchost.exe
AV2010[2].exe
QW2010i.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Antivirus 2010 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
IEDefender.dll
To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Antivirus 2010 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 Antivirus 2010 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 Antivirus 2010 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 Antivirus 2010 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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Antivirus 2010? Are you kidding me? I know about Antivirus 2008 and had heard 2009 but 2010!?! I mean what year are we in here? Whats next Antivirus 2050?