General Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what General Antivirus is?
DESCRIPTION
General Antivirus is a fake anti-spyware program known to also be a clone of AlfaCleaner or InternetAntivirus Pro. Both InternetAntivirus Pro and General Antivirus are complete scams and should never be trusted for detection or removal of spyware.
General Antivirus may be installed automatically through a Trojan infection either downloaded from a malicious website such as www.generalantivirus.com or even through a fake video codec. General Antivirus may be similar to other rogue anti-spyware programs in the way that it popups up messages or system notifications warning you of an infection that it supposedly found.
In non-techie terms:
General Antivirus should never be used for your spyware or virus detection and removal needs. You must understand that General Antivirus is a dangerous program created by hackers who set out to steal money from you in return for a useless program. Avoid General Antivirus at all costs and do what it takes to remove it from your system.
General Antivirus Screen Shot Image:
GeneralAntivirus.com website image:
Aliases: General Antivirus, GeneralAntivirus, www.generalantivirus.com.
General Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
General Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. General Antivirus manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that General Antivirus will be removed completely. So read the General 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 General Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall General Antivirus if found. - To stop General 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 General Antivirus processes:
General Antivirus.lnk
GenAvir.exe
General Antivirus Home Page.lnk
Uninstall General Antivirus.lnk
GeneralAntivirus.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister General Antivirus DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these General Antivirus DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the General Antivirus DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type General Antivirus and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the General 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 General 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 General Antivirus 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 General Antivirus Directories.
To find General Antivirus directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following General Antivirus directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the General Antivirus folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder General Antivirus and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting General Antivirus could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove General Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the General Antivirus manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your General Antivirus problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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