Rapid Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what Rapid Antivirus is?
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Rapid Antivirus (RapidAntivirus) is a program that looks very similar to Antivirus 2009 and other rogue anti-spyware programs. RapidAntivirus is actually another rogue program that claims to be the best program for protecting your computer against malware which is a totally bogus statement. RapidAntivirus does not protect your computer nor does it remove parasites.
RapidAntivirus is a scam and should never be trusted for repairing any issues on your computer or the removal or spyware. Rapid Antivirus, once installed on your computer, will start to display many popups or alert messages which are all bogus. RapidAntivirus may also scan your system where the results are all erroneous. Rapid Antivirus may come from a Trojan infection or from a website that promotes and sells the full version of RapidAntivirus which should never be purchased.
In non-techie terms: You should never voluntarily download, install or purchase RapidAntivirus under any circumstances. RapidAntivirus is a worthless program that will only waste your valuable time and hard earned money. Rapid Antivirus is a misleading program that blatantly tries to get computer users to fall into a trap of spending their money on a useless program.
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Aliases: Rapid Antivirus, RapidAntivirus, www.rapidantivirus.com.
Rapid Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Rapid Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Rapid Antivirus manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Rapid Antivirus will be removed completely. So read the Rapid 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 Rapid Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Rapid Antivirus if found. - To stop Rapid 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 Rapid Antivirus processes:
Rapid Antivirus.lnk
Start Rapid Antivirus.lnk
Rapid Antivirus.exe
0000005377.exe
install_5849_MHw0MXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_.exe
setup.exe
install_710_MHw0MXwxMDEwMDAwMDAwfHx8fHx8fHw_[1].exe
install_511_MHwzNXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Rapid Antivirus DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Rapid Antivirus DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Rapid Antivirus DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Rapid Antivirus and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Rapid 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 Rapid 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 Rapid 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 Rapid Antivirus Directories.
To find Rapid Antivirus directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Rapid Antivirus directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Rapid Antivirus folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Rapid Antivirus and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Rapid Antivirus could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Rapid Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Rapid Antivirus manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Rapid Antivirus problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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