Total Antivirus Removal Guide (Uninstall Instructions)

Posted by Grinler on July 5, 2008 @ 02:07 PM · Views: 936

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What this programs does:

Total Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Antivirus 2009. This program is advertised through the use of misleading web sites or malware that display fake popups advertising Total Antivirus. If you decide to install this program, Total Antivirus will automatically scan your computer and display a variety of supposed infections on your computer that you are unable to remove unless you first purchase the software. In reality, though, these infections are all false positives or fake and are only being displayed to scare you into purchasing the software.

Total Antivirus screen shot
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This guide will walk you through removing the Total Antivirus program and any associated malware for free.

Threat Classification:

• Information on Rogue Programs

Advanced information:

View Total Antivirus files.
View Total Antivirus Registry Information.

Tools Needed for this fix:

• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:

Note: Some of these entries are random.

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [42170163181824687077425204714342] C:\Program Files\Total Antivirus\total.exe

Guide Updates:

07/04/08 - Initial guide creation.

Automated Removal Instructions for Total Antivirus using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:

1. Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix.
   
   
2. Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:
   
   Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link
   
   


3. Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.
   
   
4. Double-click on the icon on your desktop named Download_mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
   
   
5. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.
   
   
6. MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform quick scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Total Antivirus related files.
   
   
8. MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the image below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the TotalAntivirus removal process.
   
   
10. You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.
    
    
11. A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown as seen in the image below.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine.
    
    
12. When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window.
    
    
13. You can now exit the MBAM program.
    

Your computer should now be free of the TotalAntivirus program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through, you may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future.

If you are still having problems with your computer after completing these instructions, then please follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below:

Preparation Guide For Use Before Posting A Hijackthis Log

Associated Total Antivirus Files:

Note: Some of these entries are random.

c:\Program Files\Total Antivirus
c:\Program Files\Total Antivirus\total.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Total Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Total Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Total Antivirus
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Total Antivirus\Total Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Total Antivirus\Uninstall Total Antivirus.lnk

Associated Total Antivirus Windows Registry Information:

Note: Some of these entries are random.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\42170163181824687077425204714342
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "42170163181824687077425204714342"