Security Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what is Security Antivirus?
Security Antivirus is fake and is not real like the name suggests. You need to know that although Security Antivirus may appear real the truth of the matter is that it is not real at all. It may gain access to your computer through Trojans, fake malware scanners or fake video codec’s. Once it has gained access to your machine, Security Antivirus will install itself on your computer and set itself up to start automatically each time that Windows starts. You need to know that Security Antivirus will run a system scan of your computer, which may look real, but the truth of the matter is that it is extremely fake.
In non-techie terms:
Do not fool for any of this as it is one big malicious scam. In order to remove Security Antivirus from your computer, it is imperative that you make use of a decent antispyware removal product that is able to both detect and automatically remove Security Antivirus for you. You can try the manual removal process, but you need to be warned that if you do something incorrectly, you run the risks of further damaging your computer. It is extremely important to drop everything that you are doing and to concentrate entirely on removing Security Antivirus from your machine.
Aliases: SecurityAntivirus, Rogue.Security_Antivirus, Security.Antivirus
Security Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Security Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Security Antivirus manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Security Antivirus will be removed completely. So read the Security 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 Security Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Security Antivirus if found. - To stop Security 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 Security Antivirus processes:
Security Antivirus.lnk
SA9ccf.exe
SAbfb1.exe
SAc6a5.exe
SA6e27.exe
SAfd69.exe
xp_2e83c[1].exe, SAdccb.exe
SA9345.exe
SA8ff5.exe
SA8f23.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Security Antivirus DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Security Antivirus DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Security Antivirus DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Security Antivirus and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Security 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 Security 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 Security 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 Security Antivirus Directories.
To find Security Antivirus directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Security Antivirus directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Security Antivirus folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Security Antivirus and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Security Antivirus could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Security Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Security Antivirus manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Security Antivirus problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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