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Title: Personal Antivirus
Type: Rogue Antispyware
Remove Personal Antivirus. Removal instructions
Also known as: PersonalAntivirus
Severity scale:
 (73 / 100)
Personal Antivirus is a clone of General Antivirus and Internet Antivirus Pro. So, basically it acts the same as these last-mentioned programs. This scam is promoted through the use of trojans, fake online anti-malware scanners and bogus advertisements. Once your computer is infected with a certain trojan that promotes this rogue program, you will be flooded with fake security alerts and pop-ups from Windows taskbar. These warnings will state that the system is seriously infected and that you must install Personal Antivirus in order to clean your computer. Once active, PersonalAntivirus will perform fake system scan and report various bogus infections. However, the scan is fabricated, these infections are all fake and don't actually exist. The truth is that this program is unable neither to detect nor to delete any kind of infections. To make things worse, Personal Antivirus will constantly display pop-ups and security warnings very similar to those shown by Windows Security Center. These alerts will state that your computer is infected with trojans, spyware or adware. To add some more, this parasite will show fake security threats and notifications about malicious activities. All this undesirable behavior is done only to trick you into purchasing Personal Antivirus. What is more, this rogue application will hijack your Internet Explorer browser and redirect you to malicious websites that promote Personal Antivirus or other scareware. It will modify Windows HOST file and block certain websites in order to protect itself from removal. As you could already understand, this application is harmful and must be deleted as soon as possible. The removal guide below provides all information about hoe to get rid of Personal Antivirus manually form your computer. Related files: iv.exe, iPSh.png, iMSh.png, iGSh.png, winlogon.exe, IAIt.lng, IAGer.lng, IAFr.lng, IAEs.lng, ia080618x.db, ia080614.db, dbinfo.ver, working.log, uninstall.ico, unins000.dat, PerAvir.exe, explorer.ico, activate.ico, services.exe, pguard.ini, log.txt, Urls.inf, Timeout.inf, config.cfg, Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk, unins000.exe, uill.ini, settings.ini, Purchase License.lnk, Personal Antivirus Home Page.lnk, Personal Antivirus.lnk, uninstall.lnk, pav.exe, msxmlm.dll.tmp, drv1878004.exe.tmp Personal Antivirus properties: • Changes browser settings • Shows commercial adverts • Connects itself to the internet • Stays resident in background Personal Antivirus snapshot:  Automatic Personal Antivirus removal: 
Tested and Confirmed! STOPzilla removes Personal Antivirus (2009-03-16 08:09:48)
Tested and Confirmed! Malwarebytes Anti Malware removes Personal Antivirus (2009-03-16 08:09:48)
We are testing Spyware Doctor's efficiency at removing Personal Antivirus
(2012-01-15 13:14:32)
Personal Antivirus manual removal:Kill processes:pav.exe unins000.exe Delete registry values: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Antivirus_is1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer "PrS" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Personal Antivirus" Delete files: Personal Antivirus.lnk Uninstall.lnk pav.exe msxmlm.dll.tmp drv1878004.exe.tmp Delete directories: c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages 
Information added: 2009-03-16 08:09:48
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do this to remove, then run a malware scan or manually delete files listed above
C:Program FilesCommon FilesUninstallPersonalAVUninstall.lnk
Go to google and type in: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Then click the first link that comes up. It worked for me. Good luck! ♥
If this program is known to be both fraudulent and malicious,
Why is this company still in business?
If this program is known to be both fraudulent and malicious,
Why is this company still in business?
1. Go to "My computer"
2. Program Files
3. Uninstall
The personal antivirus should be located in here simply click on the program and it should disappear.
how did people get this virus? mine just showed up on my desktop and started its warnings. should have known, there was no real contact info. where does the money go if people pay? can they be tracked? btw, i used Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, and it seemed to work perfectly.
I fell for this scam as well. After the last windows xp automatic update I noticed that the personal anti virus has been removed.
You're suspect!
Like I go to my user profile > application data and then personal antivirus is not there.
I don't know what happened. Did I do something wrong?
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