Remove AntiVirusPro. Description and removal instructions

Title: AntiVirusPro	Also known as: Antivirus Pro 2008, Antivirus Pro
Type: Malware	Severity scale: (80 / 100)

AntiVirusPro is a corrupt anti-spyware tool, which can be named as a direct duplicate of AntiMalwarePro. AntiVirusPro is especially known for professional money-milking. It usually trends to show the user exaggerated error reports and make the user to buy and install its commercial version with a reason to steal money.
AntiVirusPro distributes itself via spam e-mail attachments or other insecure files downloaded on a web with a help of Trojans. When unregistered version installs itself to the PC, it configures the system every time it starts. AntiVirusPro scanner runs and claims to find numbers of infections and surely offers the user to remove all the viruses after paying for full version of this scareware.
It is advised for all users DO NOT trust this scam and remove AntiVirusPro immediately if this threat was encountered in the PC system. AntiVirus Pro website Anti-virus-Pro.com must be blocked using HOSTS file.

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

AntiVirusPro snapshot:

Automatic AntiVirusPro removal:

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AntiVirusPro manual removal:

Kill processes:
AntiVirus_Pro.exe Cl.exe unins000.exe

HELP:
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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AntiVirus_ProNE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AntiVirus Pro_is1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AntiVirus_ProNET"

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
EngineAP.dll MSVolumeAVP.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
AntiVirus_Pro.exe Cl.exe EngineAP.dll ScheduleAP.txt unins000.dat unins000.exe 200812.dat MSVolumeAVP.dll AntiVirus_Pro.lnk Uninstall AntiVirus_Pro.lnk

HELP:
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Delete directories:
c:\Program Files\AntiVirus_Pro
c:\Program Files\AntiVirus_Pro\definitions
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiVirus_Pro
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\AVP 2009

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Information added: 17/12/07
Information updated: 15/07/09

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