XPAntivirus (or XP Antivirus ) is a misleading application that reports false errors on the computer. The program must be manually installed. Therefore, when the XPAntivirus installed it immediate scan your computer and shows fake scanning result to scare you into buying the complete version of its software.
Risk Level : High ( Dangerous )
Note :- To safely & quickly detect XPAntivirus, We highly recommend you to use the Removal Tool for XPAntivirus.
Download – Removal Tool for XPAntivirus
Screenshots:
XPAntivirus
XPAntivirus fake warning message
Symptoms of XPAntivirus
Pop up balloon warning messages claiming that your PC is infected.
- "Critical System Error",
- "Your computer is infected",
- "Trojan-Spy.win32@mx",
- "Virus Alert",
- "Security Alert"
- "System Alert" or
Manual Removal Process:
Search and kill the following processes (Learn Here)
XPAntivirus.exe, xpa.exe, krln32.exe, scvh0st.exe, shlext32.exe
Remove XPAntivirus files & dlls files (Learn Here)
XPAntivirus.exe,
XPAntivirusUpdate.exe
xpa.exe,
XP Antivirus
scui.cpl
krln32.exe,
scvh0st.exe,
shlext32.exe,
trjdwnl.dll
whitelist.cfgXPAntivirus.lnk
Uninstall XPAntivirus.lnk
XPAntivirus on the Web.lnk
Remove/Modify corrupt Registry Entries (Learn Here)
HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”XP antivirus” = “C:\Program Files\XPAntivirus\XPAntivirus.exe”
HKEY_USERS\Software\XP antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\XP antivirus_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XPAntivirusFilter
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