How to remove Personal Antivirus

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Personal Antivirus description

One of the basic methods to recognize a legitimate security program is to make sure that it asks your permission before the installment. However, most of the rogue anti-spyware programs get on your system without you even noticing it. This is the case with PersonalAntivirus. It usually sneaks into computer through backdoor trojans or insecure web downloads. It is very important to know that such software cannot be trusted.

Personal Antivirus is a clone of the other two fake security software frauds – Internet Antivirus Pro and General Antivirus. Although this tool offers to scan your system for virus threads and to remove system infections, it performs no such actions. Personal Antivirus only generates fake security reports and demands you to purchase it so that it could ‘remove’ some none existing viruses. This program is a malware itself which means that instead of strengthening your computer’s security it only weakens it. Personal Antivirus should be deleted at once when detected on the system.

How to get rid of Personal Antivirus

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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How to manually remove Personal Antivirus

To get rid of spyware such as Personal Antivirus you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Personal Antivirus related files from your computer.

Take Note: The manual process of removing spyware from your computer is difficult and puts you at risk of damaging your computer. We advise using our automatic Personal Antivirus remover.

1. Uninstall Personal Antivirus from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these Personal Antivirus processes:
   services.exe
   iv.exe
   PerAvir.exe
   unins000.exe
   To stop processes press Ctrl + Alt + Del or click Start > Run > type "taskmgr". Select malicious process in the list and click "End Process" button.
3. Delete Personal Antivirus registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Antivirus_is1
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINE
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer "PrS"
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Personal Antivirus"
   To open registry editor click Start > Run > type "regedit".
   Warning! Manual registry entries editing may cause damage to your system.
   Download Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 to scan for registry errors.
4. Search and delete these Personal Antivirus related files:
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Personal Antivirus.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus Home Page.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Purchase License.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Personal Antivirus.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\settings.ini
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\uill.ini
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\config.cfg
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Timeout.inf
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Urls.inf
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\activate.ico
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Explorer.ico
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\unins000.dat
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\uninstall.ico
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\working.log
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db\DBInfo.ver
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080614.db
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080618x.db
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAEs.lng
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAFr.lng
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAGer.lng
   c:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAIt.lng
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\log.txt
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
   %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
   
5. Block Personal Antivirus malicious domains:
   personal-antivirus.com
   securityhelpcenter.com
   securedantivirusonlinescanner.com
   securedonlinecomputerscan.com
   securedvirusscanner.com
   antispywarepcscanner.com
   antiviruspowerfulscanv2.com
   antipowerfulscanv2.com
   1bestprotectionscanner.com
   systemsupportnetwork.com
   1viruslivescanner.com
   virusinfocheck.com