WinPC Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what WinPC Antivirus is?
DESCRIPTION
WinPC Antivirus or WinPCAntivirus, is another fake anti-spyware program known to be in the same family as WinPC Defender which is also a rogue anti-spyware program. WinPC Antivirus is about as annoying as biting bugs when WinPC Antivirus starts to display several popup messages that are all bogus in nature. WinPC Antivirus may come directly from the www.winpc-antivirus.com website which you should avoid at all costs.
WinPC Antivirus may look like a normal program that is able to add security features to your computer in addition to detect and remove parasites. WinPC Antivirus does none of this and is a complete waste of money if you ever make the mistake of purchasing it.
In non-techie terms:
WinPC Antivirus should not be purchased under any circumstances unless you just enjoy throwing money away. WinPC Antivirus is complete garbage and you should do what it takes to remove it from your system before it causes damage.
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www.WinPC-Antivirus.com website image:
Aliases: WinPC Antivirus, WinPCAntivirus, Win PC Antivirus, www.winpc-antivirus.com.
WinPC Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
WinPC Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. WinPC Antivirus manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that the infection will be removed completely. So read the 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 WinPC Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop WinPC 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 processes:
winav.exe
winav[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister WinPC Antivirus DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type WinPC Antivirus and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the 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 WinPC 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 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 WinPC Antivirus Directories.
To find infection directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the named folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the selected folder and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting a folder could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove WinPC Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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I’ve tried all the fancy scanners to get rid of the blasted Win PC Antivirus and none of them worked. A couple of hundred dollars later I’m still tearing my hair out! But your simple to understand manual instructions did the trick in a matter of minutes. Thank you so much!!
The manual steps works on my windows vista though I didn’t find the registry#2 and the winpc antivirus folder in the program files folder. Hope it won’t bug me again. Thank you so much!