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

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