How to remove Antivirus Protection

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Antivirus Protection description

Antivirus Protection is a fake system security tool, that imitates to be a legitimate anti-spyware program. Computer is usually infected with Antivirus Protection by trojans and other online parasites. This software is harmful and dangerous as it depicts the original Windows files as security threats and suggests the user to remove them from the system. It also suggests to purchase the ‘full version’ of Antivirus Protection software in order to keep the computer clean and safe from viruses. Do not trust this application. Antivirus Protection is nothing but a virus made to damage your computer and to steal your money.

It also displays a fake security center application Antivirus Security Center, which recommends to register your Antivirus Protection software online. It is strongly advised not to do so, as it may cause some serious problems to your system. Please do not download, install or purchase any of the Antivirus Protection applications, and remove them if your computer has already been infected.

How to get rid of Antivirus Protection

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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How to manually remove Antivirus Protection

To get rid of spyware such as Antivirus Protection you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Antivirus Protection 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 Antivirus Protection remover.

1. Uninstall Antivirus Protection from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these Antivirus Protection processes:
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\SysShield.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\Uninstall.exe
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\SysShield.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\AVP.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\AVP_Update.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 Antivirus Protection registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\windows applications server
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\antivirus protection
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\antivirus protection
   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 Antivirus Protection related files:
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\SysShield.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\AVP.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\AVP_Update.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\Report.txt
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\scanopt.sys
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\Support.url
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\svo.scf
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\sysdata.sys
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\SysShield.exe
   c:\program files\antivirus protection\Uninstall.exe
   c:\documents and settings\pedro adrian\Desktop\AntiVirus Protection.lnk