Remove Antivirus2008Pro. Description and removal instructions

Title: Antivirus2008Pro	Also known as: Antivirus 2008 Pro
Type: Malware	Severity scale: (63 / 100)

Antivirus2008Pro is a corrupt anti-virus tool that is widely promoted as a legitimate security application. In truth, it is nothing more than another scam of the countless army of malware parasites attacking computers via internet, daily. Antivirus2008Pro (also known as Antivirus 2008 Pro) is distributed through malicious websites that sell other fake anti spyware tools as well.

Antivirus2008Pro is an unreliable program that displays exaggerated scan results in order to gain a purchase. DO NOT trust this scam and remove Antivirus2008Pro ASAP if you've been infected.

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Related files: shlwapi.dll, wininet.dll, Antvrs.exe, Antivirus2008Pro.exe

Antivirus2008Pro properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Antivirus2008Pro removal:

remover for Antivirus2008Pro

Antivirus2008Pro manual removal:

Kill processes:
Antvrs.exe, Antivirus2008Pro.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008 Pro\Antvrs.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
shlwapi.dll, wininet.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
shlwapi.dll, wininet.dll, Antvrs.exe, Antivirus2008Pro.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Other programs to remove Antivirus2008Pro:

• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Malwarebytes Anti Malware - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 28/05/08
Information updated: 12/08/08

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Comments from visitors:

1. by . 2008-08-12 20:08:55

On mine regedit is not blocked.

2. by Phoenix. 2008-07-13 05:07:31

Regedit BLOCKED

task manager BLOCKED

Solution:

COMPLETE SYSTEM RE-INSTALL

Luckily for me i back-up daily so this wont take me long

If you have data you need, good luck getting it off as this git of a program disables pretty much everything!

Meh

3. by Phoenix. 2008-07-13 04:07:50

It disables task manager - so you are SCREWED. working on it now, i'll let you know what i find

4. by . 2008-07-12 07:07:00

I was just wondering if there was a way to get your money back after you removed the program

5. by . 2008-06-26 13:06:38

Windows defender does not remove this anymore