AntivirusPro 2009 Removal Guide and Information
Do you know what AntivirusPro 2009 is?
DESCRIPTION
AntivirusPro 2009 is a fake anti-spyware tool that was designed by hackers to trick computer users out of their money. AntivirusPro 2009 does this by many malicious actions such as through popup and alert notifications of infections that do not exists and through fake system scans.
AntivirusPro 2009 is similar to other rogue applications in that it does not actually remove spyware or infections from your computer. AntivirusPro 2009 may come from different online sources such as www.antiviruspro2009.com and fake video codec downloads.
In non-techie terms: At the price of around $50 for the full AntivirusPro 2009 it is safe to say that AntivirusPro 2009 is a complete waste of money that could have been used to fill your gas tank. AntivirusPro 2009 should never be download, installed or purchased under any circumstances.
Aliases: AntivirusPro 2009, Antivirus Pro 2009, AntivirusPro2009, www.antiviruspro2009.com.
AntivirusPro 2009 Automatic Removal Instructions
This automatic removal method is for non-techie computer users. If you’re too lazy to learn about spyware removal or how to access sensitive files in your computer, then this is the method for you.
Before you start: Print or bookmark these instructions because you’ll have to reboot into Safe Mode. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake.
- Download and save SmitFraudFix to your desktop.
- Restart your computer in Safe Mode (how to do safe mode). Once the
desktop appears, double click on the SmitfraudFix.exe on your desktop. - After the credits screen, you’ll see a menu. Select the option number 2, which is ‘Clean (safe mode recommended)’, and then
press Enter to delete infect files. - SmitFraudFix will begin cleaning your computer and take a series of cleanup processes. When the process is over, it will automatically begin the Disk Cleanup program.
- Once the Disk Cleanup program is complete, you will be prompted with the message ‘Registry cleaning - Do you want to clean the registry’. Answer Y (Yes) and hit Enter. Reboot your computer.
- SmitFraudFix will now check if wininet.dll is infected. SmitFraudFix will ask you whether to replace the infected file (if there’s any) ‘Replace infected
file?’ Answer by typing Y (Yes) and hit Enter. - Reboot your computer to complete the cleaning process.
- After reboot, a Notepad screen may appear containing a log of all the files
removed from your computer. If it doesn’t appear, a file will be created called
rapport.txt in the root of your drive, (Local Disk C:). - Restart your computer in Safe Mode (how to do safe mode).
- Go to C:\Windows\Temp, click Edit, click Select All, press DELETE, and then
click Yes to confirm that you want all the items to go to the Recycle Bin. - Go to C:\Documents and Settings\[LISTED USER]\Local Settings\Temp, click Edit, click Select All, press DELETE, and then click Yes to confirm that
you want all the items to go to the Recycle Bin. - Reboot your computer back to normal mode. Go to Windows Update and download all critical updates.
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Hi There
I just don’t know where I got this malware from, as I’m generally fairly careful.
(XP Pro) In any case I searched the registry for any reference to antiviruspro2009 by searching for the string antivirus and deleting ALL obvious references. There are many occurrences.
Also stopped process brastk.exe and removed file (system32\drivers I seem to recall)
Hard delete all files under C:\Program Files\AntivirusPro 2009
Also delete from all start menu’s under Document and Settings
Also, check shortcuts and system tray
What a pain. Tell those guys to get a real job.
My screen goes completely black during step 4. Disk clean up initializes but a little while later the screen goes black. Safe mode in the four corners and microsoft xp on top, otherwise all black
My system will not let me delete Antivirus pro 2009.
When I try to delete, I get a message that says access denied, or that its write-protected or in use.
Can you help me?
Thank’s, it worked perfect…
I wasted a whole afternoon getting rid of this malicious software today. The version I had was named Internet Antivirus Pro. This spyware probably has many similar names but does the same bad things described above. Anyhow, I have to try 3 times before finally “killing” it.
I followed the automatic removal instructions above and downloaded the SmitFraudFix software and ran it in safe mode. I followed all the steps up to step 5 but step 6 never happened. I skipped to steps 7 through 12. I tried 2 times and both failed. I believe the spyware was still in the temp files and popped right up when I reboot in normal mode in step 7. So I tried a third time and did something a little different.
While in safe mode, I did a search of the C drive to find the program and related files. I hard deleted the “Internet Antivirus Pro” program in the program folder of the C drive. I also searched all the Temp folders that have filenames similar to “IAPro” and hard deleted them too. And then I ran the SmitFraudFix program. After the program cleaned up the processes and the registry, I reboot again to safe mode. Then I deleted the all the Temp files as described in steps 10 and 11 and also empty all the files in the Recycle Bin before I reboot in normal mode. And the spyware was finally gone this third time.
Appreciate the info from everyone…