XJR Antivirus Removal Guide
Do you know what XJR Antivirus is?
XJR Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware application that is similar and possibly a clone of the following rogueware family: XP internet Security and XP internet Security 2010. As is typical of rogue applications, XJR Antivirus employs the use of false scan results and fake security warnings to carry out their main goal of creating purchase orders for their misleading software. XJR Antivirus will state that the computer in question is infected with a variety of Trojan infections, adware or malware and that you should purchase XJR Antivirus to remove these infections. Never forget that these infections are all fictitious and don’t actually exist on the computer. XJR Antivirus is installed via the use of Trojan infections, such as the notorious Zlob or Vundo. XJR Antivirus might also be promoted on various affiliated malicious websites. Once active, XJR Antivirus will ostensibly scan your computer and list various fake infections or security issues. The computer will then also be bombarded with very annoying pop-up messages and security alerts.
In non-techie terms
The alerts proportioned by XJR Antivirus are all fake. If your computer is infected with XJR Antivirus, make sure you remove it and all its affiliated components!
Aliases: XJRAntivirus.
XJR Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
XJR Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. XJR 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 XJR Antivirus Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop XJR 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:
windows_defender.exe
p1[1].exe
PC_protect[1].exe
svchost.exe
alggui.exe
XJR Antivirus.exe
p2947[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister XJR Antivirus DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
pofolehe.dll
adc_w32.dll
To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type XJR 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 XJR 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 XJR 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 XJR Antivirus icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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