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Power Antivirus 2009 Removal Guide

Published by Scott on July 31, 2008 10:32 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what Power Antivirus 2009 is?

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Power Antivirus 2009 or PowerAntivirus2009, is a rogue anti-spyware program that is related to Win Antivir 2008 or Win Antivirus 2008. I guess you have to have some extra “power” and not just the normal Antivirus 2009 program. From the looks of it, Power Antivirus 2009 is powerful enough to take money from computer users who make the mistake of purchasing this meaningless program.

Power Antivirus 2009 can be downloaded or installed from the www.power-antivirus-2009.com website. You should never visit www.power-antivirus-2009.com even if your curiosity is getting the best of you. You risk the download of the Power Antivirus 2009 program and it is not a good program to have on your computer.

In non-techie terms: From our experience with Power Antivirus 2009 it is not surprising to find out that it is not much different from other fake anti-spyware programs that infect computers worldwide. Power Antivirus 2009â€™s interface looks just like Win Antivir 2008 or Win Antivirus 2008 so we are guessing that the creators of this program did not put much “power” into creating a different look.

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Aliases: Power Antivirus 2009, PowerAntivirus2009, Power-Antivirus-2009, Power Antivirus2009, PowerAntivirus 2009, Power-Antivirus-2009.com.

Power Antivirus 2009 Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

Power Antivirus 2009 Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Power Antivirus 2009 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 Power Antivirus 2009 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found.
To stop Power 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 processes:
Power-Antivirus-2009.exe
Install[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister Power Antivirus 2009 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 Power Antivirus 2009 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 Power 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 registry keys:
MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\Power-Antivirus-2009.exe
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 Power Antivirus 2009 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 Power Antivirus 2009 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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