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Published by Allen on November 19, 2009 09:50 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Eco Antivirus is?

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Eco Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program. Like other rogues, Eco Antivirus will attempt to trick you into purchasing a full version of the Eco Antivirus program. If this is done, then you will later found out that your money was wasted.

In non-techie terms:
Eco Antivirus is not an effective parasite detection or removal tool despite what it may claim to be or advertised as. Eco Antivirus will only annoy you through various popup alerts and fake system scan results. Removal of Eco Antivirus is highly recommended as to not cause any additional issues for your system.

Aliases: Eco Antivirus, EcoAntivirus, Eco-Antivirus.

Eco Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Eco Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions

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

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

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

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

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