Secure Antivirus Pro Removal Guide
Do you know what Secure Antivirus Pro is?
DESCRIPTION
Secure Antivirus Pro is a deceiving program similar to Antivirus 2009, which is a rogue anti-spyware application. Secure Antivirus Pro uses various devious tactics to trick computer users so that they are susceptible to purchasing the Secure Antivirus Pro program.
Secure Antivirus Pro is known to come from a Trojan infection such as Zlob or from a malicious website that advertises rogue anti-spyware programs. Once Secure Antivirus Pro is installed, it may display many fake scan results that say it has detected an infection called Virut. The notification that Secure Antivirus Pro may display reads similar to the phrase below:
“It seems that your computer is infected with W32:Virut virus. This threat has been designed to steal money, Internet accounts, send massive amounts of spam, and commit various kinds of fraud.
It is recommended that you remove this threat immediately to avoid participating in criminal activity.
Do you want to remove Virut now?”
In non-techie terms:
It is very important to avoid clicking on any popups related to Secure Antivirus Pro as it could redirect you to other malicious sites or prompt download of malware. Secure Antivirus Pro should never be purchased or downloaded for any reason. Because Secure Antivirus Pro is not able to remove any type of computer parasite, you must discontinue use of it unless you wish to waste valuable time and money.
Aliases: Secure Antivirus Pro, SecureAntivirus Pro, SecureAntivirusPro.
Secure Antivirus Pro Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Secure Antivirus Pro Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Secure Antivirus Pro manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Secure Antivirus Pro will be removed completely. So read the Secure Antivirus Pro 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 Secure Antivirus Pro Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Secure Antivirus Pro if found. - To stop Secure Antivirus Pro 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 Secure Antivirus Pro processes:
av.exe
AV.EXE
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Secure Antivirus Pro DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Secure Antivirus Pro DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Secure Antivirus Pro DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Secure Antivirus Pro and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Secure Antivirus Pro 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 Secure Antivirus Pro 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 Secure Antivirus Pro 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 Secure Antivirus Pro Directories.
To find Secure Antivirus Pro directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Secure Antivirus Pro directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Secure Antivirus Pro folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Secure Antivirus Pro and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Secure Antivirus Pro could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Secure Antivirus Pro icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Secure Antivirus Pro manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Secure Antivirus Pro problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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