Spyware Techie

Published by Scott on July 27, 2009 08:10 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what AV Care is?

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AV Care is a fake anti-spyware program that is usually promoted through browser hijackers. It is possible that the majority of AV Care installations are the result of a browser hijacker or trojan infection. In such a case, AV Care could be installed automatically without permission from the computer operator or administrator.

Once AV Care is installed, it is able to display fake notifications and conduct bogus system scans all in an attempt to get you to purchase the licensed version of AV Care. In the full licensed version, AV Care is still not able to effectively detect or remove any type of computer parasite as it may claim too.

In non-techie terms:
AV Care is not an application that you ever want to leave installed on your computer. You do not want to purchase AV Care either. If you do so, you would be wasting your valuable time and money. AV Care is not a security application that is able to remove or detect any type of computer parasites.

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Aliases: AV Care, AVCare.

AV Care Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

AV Care Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. AV Care 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 AV Care Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found.
To stop AV Care 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:
There are no processes.
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister AV Care DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type AV Care 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 AV Care 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\Uninstall\AV Care AV Care Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AV Care
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 AV Care 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 AV Care icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

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

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