How to remove Red Cross Antivirus

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Red Cross Antivirus description

Red Cross Antivirus is a counterfeit application pretending to be legitimate computer protection tool. The trojan based software starts its activities as soon as it is installed to your computer. The fake program will set user’s mind that computer is infected with different types of malware and viruses through its fake alert messages.

If infected it will modify system settings and make changes on Windows registry to ensure that it will be loaded when Windows is started. Malware gains to pilfer money from unwary users. It is designed to trick user into believing their computer is infected and force them to buy its illegal version of application. Red Cross Antivirus may also redirect your browser to deceptive websites that advertises the program. This is a scam and none of the information should be trusted. Use decent anti-spyware program and delete Red Cross Antivirus immediately.

How to get rid of Red Cross Antivirus

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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Spyware Doctor is widely valued as one of the best AntiSpyware programs available to protect you from Red Cross Antivirus and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with Red Cross Antivirus we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.

How to manually remove Red Cross Antivirus

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

  1. Uninstall Red Cross Antivirus from Control Panel
    Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
  2. End these Red Cross Antivirus processes:
    defender.exe
    antispy.exe
    tmp.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 Red Cross Antivirus registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PAV
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = “0″
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnPostRedirect” = “0″
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “tmp”
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “SelfdelNT”
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = “%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe”

    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 Red Cross Antivirus related files:
    %UserProfile%\Application Data\PAV\
    %UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe
    %UserProfile%\Application Data\defender.exe
    %UserProfile%\Application Data\tmp.exe
    %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kjkkklklj.bat

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2 Responses on Red Cross Antivirus removal

  • 1
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    ava
    October 1st, 2010 20:01

    i do not understand all this tech lingo..i downloaded what you said would remove this firggin red cross and i need to know exactly how to remove from the whold friggin computer easily….is this possible…..under firefox and internet explorer….this firggin thing has blocked my whole computer can not do anything under explorer, even under any safe mode. totally won’t let me in…somehow i was able to get thur f.fox…..i need this out of pc without paying to remove and i need a stupid person’s way of doing it…..i only know how to click a thing or two……please someone help me!!!!!!!!!

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