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System Antivirus 2008 Removal Guide

Published by Allen on June 3, 2008 06:27 pm under Spyware Help

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Do you know what System Antivirus 2008 is?

DESCRIPTION

System Antivirus 2008 is a clone of Antivirus2008 which is a dangerous rogue anti-spyware program that pretends to be a spyware tool for your computer. System Antivirus 2008 or SystemAntivirus2008, uses false system scans and popup message to make it seem you need to purchase System Antivirus 2008 in order to remove the infections that it found. This is not so, you cannot trust anything about System Antivirus 2008.

The hackers that made System Antivirus 2008 did not deviate far from Antivirus2008 because both System Antivirus 2008 and Antivirus2008 look alike. They both use the same colors and devious tricks to ultimately take your money in return for a useless program.

Aliases: System Antivirus 2008, SystemAntivirus2008, Antivirus2008.

System Antivirus 2008 Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

System Antivirus 2008 Manual Removal Instructions

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. System Antivirus 2008 manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that System Antivirus 2008 will be removed completely. So read the System Antivirus 2008 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 System Antivirus 2008 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall System Antivirus 2008 if found.
To stop System Antivirus 2008 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 System Antivirus 2008 processes:
System A.V..lnk
sav.exe
System Antivirus 2008.lnk
SAV2008Setup[1].exe
5492.exe
SAV.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”.
To Unregister System Antivirus 2008 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these System Antivirus 2008 DLLs:
There are no dll's.

To locate the System Antivirus 2008 DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type System Antivirus 2008 and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the System Antivirus 2008 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 System Antivirus 2008 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 System Antivirus 2008 registry keys:
There are no 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 System Antivirus 2008 Directories.
To find System Antivirus 2008 directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following System Antivirus 2008 directories:
There are no directories.

Right-click on the System Antivirus 2008 folder and select Delete.
A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder System Antivirus 2008 and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting System Antivirus 2008 could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes.
To remove System Antivirus 2008 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You’ve completed the System Antivirus 2008 manual removal instructions!
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