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Antivirus 2008 XP Removal Guide

Published by Allen on August 4, 2008 07:06 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Antivirus 2008 XP is?

DESCRIPTION

Antivirus 2008 XP or Antivirus2008XP, is a fake anti-spyware program known to be a clone of other rogues in the family of XPAntivirus, Antivirus 2009 and Antivirus XP 2008. Antivirus 2008 XP was discovered by us to be installed onto computers through a Trojan infection such as Zlob which can be done without your permission.

Once Antivirus 2008 XP is installed it starts to annoy the crap out of you with popups or system alert messages that try to scare you into thinking you have other spyware infections.

In non-techie terms: If you donâ€™t remove Antivirus 2008 XP you will keep getting popup messages. You will need to remove all of the Antivirus 2008 XP files to get rid of these popups unless you like that type of thing. Do not purchase Antivirus 2008 XP no matter how convincing it may look. It does not remove spyware or parasites from your computer.

Aliases: Antivirus2008XP, Antivirus2008 XP, Antivirus 2008XP.

Antivirus 2008 XP Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Antivirus 2008 XP Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Antivirus 2008 XP manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Antivirus 2008 XP will be removed completely. So read the Antivirus 2008 XP 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 2008 XP Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Antivirus 2008 XP if found.
To stop Antivirus 2008 XP 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 Antivirus 2008 XP processes:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Antivirus 2008 XP DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Antivirus 2008 XP DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the Antivirus 2008 XP DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Antivirus 2008 XP and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Antivirus 2008 XP 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 2008 XP 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 Antivirus 2008 XP 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 Antivirus 2008 XP Directories.
To find Antivirus 2008 XP directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Antivirus 2008 XP directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the Antivirus 2008 XP folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Antivirus 2008 XP and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Antivirus 2008 XP could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove Antivirus 2008 XP icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the Antivirus 2008 XP manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Antivirus 2008 XP problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.

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