Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Removal Guide
Do you know what Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is?
DESCRIPTION
Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is a rogue anti-spyware program that is related to the XP Antivirus group of fake anti-spyware applications running lose on the internet. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 was found out, after installed, to scan your system for spyware parasites only to display a fake list of parasites that it found. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 does this as a scare tactic to get you to purchase the full version Ultimate Antivirus 2008.
Ultimate Antivirus 2008 may open up security holes exploiting your personal information and stored data on your computer. Remote users may again access to your computer stealing banking and personal information that may lead to identity theft if you have Ultimate Antivirus 2008 installed.
In non-techie terms: Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is not much different from other rogue anti-spyware programs that may be installed on your computer. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 may be spread through Trojan infections or malicious websites. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is in no way related to Norton’s Antivirus 2008. Hackers use the similar name to confuse computer users and ultimately get them to waste their money on the Ultimate Antivirus 2008 program. Do not download or purchase Ultimate Antivirus 2008 under any circumstances.
Aliases: Ultimate Antivirus 2008, Ultimate Antivirus2008, UltimateAntivirus2008, XP Antivirus.
Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Ultimate Antivirus 2008 will be removed completely. So read the Ultimate 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Ultimate Antivirus 2008 if found. - To stop Ultimate 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 processes:
Ultimate Antivirus 2008.lnk
UAV2008Setup.exe
Ultimate Antivirus.lnk
uav.exe
UAV2008Setup[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Ultimate Antivirus 2008 DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Ultimate Antivirus 2008 DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Ultimate Antivirus 2008 DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Ultimate Antivirus 2008 and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Ultimate 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 Ultimate 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 Ultimate 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 Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Directories.
To find Ultimate Antivirus 2008 directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Ultimate Antivirus 2008 directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Ultimate Antivirus 2008 folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Ultimate Antivirus 2008 and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Ultimate Antivirus 2008 could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Ultimate Antivirus 2008 icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Ultimate Antivirus 2008 manual removal instructions!
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Thanks spyware-techie! Followed your instructions and it’s gone!Yipee!
OMG, seems like a new variation of XP scam appears daily! Just an hour ago I was reading complaints about the removal guide for XP antivirus not working for people because… they searched for ANTVRS.EXE which was not to be found on their systems. These scams are using different filenames to stay as diverse as possible.