Apr 06

WinPC Antivirus or WinPCAntivirus is an anti-spyware program and clone of WinPC Defender 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 WinPC Antivirus, We highly recommend you to use the Removal Tool for WinPC Antivirus.

Download – Removal Tool for WinPC Antivirus

Screenshots:

WinPC Antivirus

WinPC Antivirus Screenshot

Symptoms of WinPC Antivirus

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 WinPC Antivirus )

Search and kill the following processes (Learn Here)

winav.exe

Remove WinPC Antivirus files & folders (Learn Here)

%UserProfile%\Application Data\winav.exe
%UserProfile%\Desktop\WinPC Antivirus.LNK
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\WinPC Antivirus.LNK

Remove/Modify corrupt Registry Entries (Learn Here)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinPC Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don’t load “scui.cpl”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don’t load “wscui.cpl”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “sysav”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “AntiVirusDisableNotify” => 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirewallDisableNotify” => 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “UpdatesDisableNotify” => 1


Download – Removal Tool for WinPC Antivirus

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