Antivirus’09 or Antivirus09 is an fake anti-spyware/virus that is known to issue fake warnings on your computer in order to manipulate you into buying its full commercial version. The program is generally installed by a trojan that automatically downloads and installs the program.
Risk Level : High ( Dangerous )
Note :- To safely & quickly detect Antivirus’09, We highly recommend you to use the Removal Tool for Antivirus’09.
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Screenshots:
Antivirus’09
Symptoms of Antivirus’09
Pop up balloon warning messages claiming that your PC is infected.
- "Critical System Error",
- "Your computer is infected",
- Hijacked homepage to obscure webpage.
- Flashing icons appear on your system tray (Near of your system clock).
Manual Removal Process: ( How to get rid of Antivirus’09 )
Search and kill the following processes (Learn Here)
AV2009.exe, AV2009_Update.exe, SysShield.exe
Remove Antivirus 09 files & folders (Learn Here)
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\AV2009.exe
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\AV2009_Update.exe
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\scanopt.sys
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\Support.url
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\sysdata.sys
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\SysShield.exe
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009\Uninstall.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\SysShield.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009\Antivirus 2009.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009\Support.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Antivirus 2009\Uninstall Antivirus 2009.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus 2009.lnk
Remove/Modify corrupt Registry Entries (Learn Here)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AVP09
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AV2009
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus 2009
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform “AVP09″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus 2009″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Windows applications server”
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