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Fast Antivirus 2009 Removal Guide

Published by Allen on May 21, 2009 11:29 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Fast Antivirus 2009 is?

DESCRIPTION

Fast Antivirus 2009 is a fake anti-spyware program and also a clone of Malware Catcher. Malware Catcher and Fast Antivirus 2009 are very dangers applications that facilitate many deceiving tactics to get computer users to purchase a full version of the rogue anti-spyware application.

Fast Antivirus 2009 may be advertised on malicious websites and spread through a Trojan infection that automatically installs it. After Fast Antivirus 2009 is present on your system, it starts to scan it automatically displaying fake results. Also, Fast Antivirus 2009 is known to display fictitious popup messages that attempt to warn you of parasite infections or security issues.

In non-techie terms:
Do not trust any type of message from the Fast Antivirus 2009 application. If you have Fast Antivirus 2009 then you must not give into its deceitful tactics. Do not purchase Fast Antivirus 2009 under any circumstances. It is best to take the necessary actions to remove Fast Antivirus 2009 now instead of later when your system has suffered damages from this useless program.

Aliases: Fast Antivirus 2009, FastAntivirus 2009, FastAntivirus2009.

Fast Antivirus 2009 Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Fast Antivirus 2009 Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Fast Antivirus 2009 manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Fast Antivirus 2009 will be removed completely. So read the Fast Antivirus 2009 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 Fast Antivirus 2009 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Fast Antivirus 2009 if found.
To stop Fast Antivirus 2009 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 Fast Antivirus 2009 processes:
Fast Antivirus 2009.lnk
EX53f6.exe
EX7f7d.exe
EX1453.exe
EX8af9.exe
EX6d3c.exe
EX5dd8.exe
EX7990.exe
ActivatedSetupRelease[1].exe
ActivatedReleaseXP[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Fast Antivirus 2009 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Fast Antivirus 2009 DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the Fast Antivirus 2009 DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Fast Antivirus 2009 and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Fast Antivirus 2009 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 Fast Antivirus 2009 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 Fast Antivirus 2009 registry keys:
FastAV.DocHostUIHandler Fast Antivirus 2009
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 Fast Antivirus 2009 Directories.
To find Fast Antivirus 2009 directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Fast Antivirus 2009 directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the Fast Antivirus 2009 folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Fast Antivirus 2009 and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Fast Antivirus 2009 could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove Fast Antivirus 2009 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the Fast Antivirus 2009 manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Fast Antivirus 2009 problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.

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