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Published by Scott on February 8, 2010 01:17 pm under Spyware Help

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Do you know what is Paladin Antivirus?

Paladin Antivirus is not as it seems and claims to be! Beware – this counterfeit anti-spyware program is only out to coerce money from unsuspecting computer users – who value the safety and security of their computer systems. Paladin Antivirus was designed for the purposes of extorting money through the use of various malicious and aggressive tactics. Paladin Antivirus, as with many of these type rogue programs employs the user of exaggerated system notifications and scans to warn the user of several ‘threats’ found on the computer system. All threats identified by Paladin Antivirus are actually fake and should not be believed to be true! It is all bogus.

In non-techie terms:

Paladin Antivirusis not legitimate security tool, and is in fact quite a dangerous application, its presence of which could lead to further damage of essential system files. The best thing to do would be to remove Paladin Antivirus as soon as possible.

Aliases: PaladinAntivirus, Paladin.Antivirus, rogue.Paladin Antivirus.

Paladin Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Paladin Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions

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

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

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

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

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