Internet Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what Internet Antivirus is?
DESCRIPTION
Internet Antivirus is a fake anti-spyware program that encourages computer users to purchase a full program to remove parasites that it has located on your system. The reality behind Internet Antivirus scanning your system is that the scan is bogus and displays fake results as a scare tactic. Internet Antivirus adds to the fire by displaying popup ads and system alerts that all say that you have some type of infection on your computer. Don’t fall for this scam.
Internet Antivirus is nothing more than a malicious program that is a waste of your time and money if you make the mistake of purchasing it. Internet Antivirus is known to redirect you to websites that may promote or push the Internet Antivirus product. In some cases Internet Antivirus will display popups when you visit one of your favorite websites. Whatever you do, do not purchase Internet Antivirus or believe the alerts that come from Internet Antivirus.
In non-techie terms: Internet Antivirus is known to come directly from the internet-antivirus.com website or a Trojan infection which may be installed through a fake video codec download. It is always a good idea to remove Internet Antivirus the moment that you find out that you have it. Internet Antivirus is not a good program to have residing on your system.
Aliases: Internet Antivirus, InternetAntivirus, www.internet-antivirus.com.
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Internet Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Internet Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Internet Antivirus 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 Internet Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop Internet 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 processes:
IAInstall[1].exe
iv.exe
services.exe
IAUpdater.exe
IAvir.exe
IAPro.exe
InternetAntivirus.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Internet Antivirus 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 Internet Antivirus 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 Internet 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 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 Internet Antivirus 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 Internet Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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The manual removal was easy after hours of trying to run spyware and virus-scans. This was a very annoying virus. Thanks for the help.
iIused manual removal, spybot search and destroy, avast antivirus and it seems like everything is ok now, but still then i look to my startup (start>run>msconfig>startup) there is still IAPro “c:\program files\internet antivirus pro\iapro.exe”/ s and registry value HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
i did uncheck in startup IAPro and deleted the registry, but after reboot it always appears again.
any suggestions how to remove it 100% ?