Vista - How to manually Remove Antivirus 2008 and Varaints

**rive0108** · 09-01-2008

Known Variants: SpywareQuake, SpyFalcon, SpywareStrike, SpySheriff, SpyHeal

How to Remove Antivirus 2008 manually

Another method to remove Antivirus 2008 is to manually delete Antivirus 2008 files in your system. Detect and remove the following Antivirus 2008 files:

Processes

Antvrs.exe
AntvrsInstall.exe
AntvrsInstall[1].exe
Win Antivirus 2008.exe
av2008xp.exe
Antivirus-2008.exe
xpa_2008.exe

Other Files

AntiVirus 2008.lnk
AntiVirus 2008.lic
%ProgramFiles%\ANTIVIRUS 2008
Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
Antivirus Pro 2008
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2008y
Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk
%AppData%\Antivirus2008y
%ProgramFiles%\Win Antivirus 2008
s9201
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus2008y
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008 XP
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2008 XP

Registry Keys

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce "3P_UDEC"
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\3P_UDEC
Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\3BA4271E-5C1E-48E2-B432-D8BF420DD31D
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Antivirus2008y
SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2008 XP

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**tanuj_chadha** · 09-08-2008

This is way is good & the way I did it was by downloading Super Antispyware. Running a full system scan & that removed it completely. And antivirus 2008 was skipped by mcafee full system scan. That gives me one more reason to throw mcafee away & download & install Avast.

**dinesh** · 09-22-2008

download and run Malware bytes anti malware:
http://www.gur.in/j/index.php?option...ownload&gid=97

09-01-2008	#1 (permalink)
rive0108 Vista Ultimate X64 SP2 2,073 posts	How to manually Remove Antivirus 2008 and Varaints Known Variants: SpywareQuake, SpyFalcon, SpywareStrike, SpySheriff, SpyHeal How to Remove Antivirus 2008 manually Another method to remove Antivirus 2008 is to manually delete Antivirus 2008 files in your system. Detect and remove the following Antivirus 2008 files: Processes Antvrs.exe AntvrsInstall.exe AntvrsInstall[1].exe Win Antivirus 2008.exe av2008xp.exe Antivirus-2008.exe xpa_2008.exe Other Files AntiVirus 2008.lnk AntiVirus 2008.lic %ProgramFiles%\ANTIVIRUS 2008 Uninstall Antivirus.lnk Antivirus Pro 2008 %ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2008y Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk %AppData%\Antivirus2008y %ProgramFiles%\Win Antivirus 2008 s9201 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus2008y %ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008 XP %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2008 XP Registry Keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce "3P_UDEC" Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\3P_UDEC Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\3BA4271E-5C1E-48E2-B432-D8BF420DD31D Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Antivirus2008y SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2008 XP Read More at the Source: antivirus2008 - from Wiki-Security, the free encyclopedia of computer security
My System Specs

09-08-2008	#2 (permalink)
tanuj_chadha Vista 32bit SP1 274 posts	Re: How to manually Remove Antivirus 2008 and Varaints This is way is good & the way I did it was by downloading Super Antispyware. Running a full system scan & that removed it completely. And antivirus 2008 was skipped by mcafee full system scan. That gives me one more reason to throw mcafee away & download & install Avast.
My System Specs

09-22-2008	#3 (permalink)
dinesh Windows 7 RTM 64-bit 1,264 posts	Re: How to manually Remove Antivirus 2008 and Varaints download and run Malware bytes anti malware: http://www.gur.in/j/index.php?option...ownload&gid=97
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