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Published by admin on August 21, 2008 10:10 am under Spyware Help

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Do you know what XPert Antivirus is?

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XPert Antivirus is another clone of other various rogue anti-spyware programs such as AntiVirXP08, XP Antivirus, Antivirus2008, Antivirus 2009 and XP Antivirus 2008. It goes without saying, XPert Antivirus is another attempt by hackers to take your money in return for a useless application that does not remove spyware.

XPert Antivirus or XPertAntivirus, may be pronounced as Expert Antivirus but we know for sure that XPert Antivirus is no “Expert” at removal or detection of spyware. XPert Antivirus scans your computer displaying erroneous results that really do not make much since. When XPert Antivirus is installed it starts displaying popups as well to get you to purchase the XPert Antivirus program for removal of parasites.

In non-techie terms: XPert Antivirus may be installed from a Trojan infection that could have come from a fake video codec or even a Video ActiveX Object Error which some new flash ads port onto computers. XPert Antivirus should never be taken lightly to the point where you leave it on your computer. You must take the initiative and remove XPert Antivirus.

Aliases: XPert Antivirus, XPertAntivirus.com.

XPert Antivirus Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions

XPert Antivirus Manual Removal Instructions

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

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

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

You’ve completed the XPert Antivirus manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your XPert Antivirus problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.

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