 Vista Antivirus 2008 Won't Leave Me Alone!, suspected virus |
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 Jul 5 2008, 10:26 AM
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Jul 5 2008, 12:33 PM
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lets start with killing the antivirus2008 process so it will leave you the hec alone click ctrl,alt,delete to pop up the windows task manager once u do click on process and look for the following look under image name and look for VistaAntivirus2008.exe Antvrs.exe VAV.exe if you see these left click it to high light it then hit end process and then yes now click start , run and in run box type the word regedit then click ok . we are going get vista antivirus out of your registry remove the corupt registy enteries HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\Vista Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe” HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Antivirus HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus now remove 200virus files and dll files the files are wininet.dll shlwapi.dll Uninstall Antivirus.lnk Vista Antivirus 2008.lnk VistaAntivirus2008.exe VAV.exe Antvrs.exe i want you to click start then on search type in each of these files above in search when one of the words comes up you right click , then click on open containing folder.now once inside that folder find that very same and when you find the file delete it ! and your ocmp should be back to normal . let me know how goes by the way how did you get 2008antivirus in the first place any clue ? This post has been edited by superninja: Jul 5 2008, 12:36 PM |
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Jul 5 2008, 02:35 PM
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Thanks superninjal, I think it worked!!! Since I had already located a few of the files and deleted them, I didn't find all of the files on your lists. However, those others I did find (thanks to your instructions) are now gone!!! So far, so good!!! BTW - I think I got this awful thing attached to an image file I downloaded. (At least that's when it all started popping up.)
Thanks so much for the help!! |
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Jul 5 2008, 02:39 PM
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No Prob
and heres a tip after somthing has finished downloading always scan the file with your antivirus and any spyware /ad ware killer you have / i This post has been edited by superninja: Jul 5 2008, 02:45 PM |
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