Spyware Techie

Published by Scott on March 9, 2010 02:54 pm under Spyware Help

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Do you know what is Antivirus 7?

Antivirus 7 is a rogue anti-spyware application that is known to make use of aggressive and obtrusive tactics in order to achieve its goal of extortion. Just like all the thousands of rogue applications out there, Antivirus 7 too is on the hunt for the unsuspecting individual that will fall prey to its techniques of persuasion and coercion… by duping these users into thinking their computer system has been infected by numerous PC threats – and only said program is claimed to be able to ward off these dubious files and programs! Once installed, Antivirus 7 tends to employ these fake warning notifications in an attempt to notify the system user of these alleged spyware parasite infections. Don’t for one second forget that these messages are bogus and only used for the purpose of extortion.

In non-techie terms:
Antivirus 7 is not effective in its claimed task of detecting and removing computer security programs, therefore if present within a computer system, the removal of Antivirus 7 and all its affiliated components should be a priority.

Aliases: Antivirus7, rogue.Antivirus 7, rogue.Antivirus7

Antivirus 7 Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Antivirus 7 Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Antivirus 7 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 7 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found.
To stop Antivirus 7 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:
antivirus7.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Antivirus 7 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
UpdateExplorer.dll

To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Antivirus 7 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 7 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:
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AV7 RUNNING PROGRAM\antivirus7.exe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler\{1A804CA3-9B1E-419B-852D-FE343CE83FB3} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser HelperObjects\{5277DA47-CCDF-4AD4-97FA-E02DB29479C2} HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONRUN AV7 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser HelperObjects\{FACBA314-AFC8-4284-8F1B-708AA6A84FF2} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser HelperObjects\{796D649E-F853-4565-9933-5C0A633573FC} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser HelperObjects\{B9D7231B-D3BC-40D1-9903-825D458EC27C} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser HelperObjects\{82D3A514-C7A8-40F9-B24D-23ECD9B176B8} Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{E2BFE352-A303-4EA8-88FE-CE35361D7E8B} {E2BFE352-A303-4EA8-88FE-CE35361D7E8B} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ AV7 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser HelperObjects\{E2BFE352-A303-4EA8-88FE-CE35361D7E8B}
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 7 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 7 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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