How to remove XP Antivirus

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XP Antivirus description

XP Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program. It is a scam which has to be deleted upon detection. This bogus system spreads via trojan, spam e-mail attachments, fake online scanners and etc.

XP Antivirus starts to make its move after the user loges in their computer. Malware fabricates computer scans and shows fake results. This is misleading information and user may fall into this scam. The numerous fake pop-ups appears on the user’s desktop and this is parasites way to trick you into believing you have to purchase a supposedly legal version of  XP Antivirus. This system is not real security tool and nothing but parasite inside your computer. You are able to remove it. Just choose reputable anti-spyware system and get rid of the parasite as son as possible. Do not buy any offered version of XP Antivirus, because it may cause you serious problems.

How to get rid of XP Antivirus

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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How to manually remove XP Antivirus

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

1. Uninstall XP Antivirus from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these XP Antivirus processes:
   av.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 XP Antivirus registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "firefox.exe"
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "firefox.exe" -safe-mode
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "iexplore.exe"
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AntiVirusOverride" = "1"
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "FirewallOverride" = "1"
   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 XP Antivirus related files:
   %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\av.exe
   %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\WRblt8464P