Remove Home Antivirus 2010 (Uninstall Guide)
Posted by Lawrence Abrams on July 20, 2009 @ 12:42 PM · Views: 37,671
What this infection does:
Home Antivirus 2010 is a rogue anti-virus program from the
same family as HomeAntivirus
2009. When Home Antivirus is installed on your computer it will create fake
files throughout your computer using random names that are intended to impersonate
malware files. These fake malware files will then be detected when Home Antivirus
2010 scans your computer but will not be removed unless you purchase the software.
These files, though, are not malware at all, but instead harmless files that
have no way of harming your computer. Examples of files that are created are:
C:\WINDOWS\ukajaresil._sy
c:\WINDOWS\system32\eqyzax.pif
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ador.db
These files are created only to scam you into thinking your computer is infected
when in reality the only infection is the Home Antivirus program itself.
Main screen of Home Antivirus 2010
For more screen shots of this infection click on the image above.
There are a total of 7 images you can view.
When installed, Home Antivirus 2010 will be configured to start automatically
when you logon to your computer. When the program is started it will scan your
computer and detect the fake malware files that it created when it was installed.
It will not, though, remove these files unless you purchase the program. While
the program is running you will also see fake security alerts randomly pop-up
stating that a security risk has been detected. An example of one of these alerts
is:
Privacy Alert!
Your system was found to be infected with intercepting
programs. These can log your activity and damage your privacy. Click here
for Home Antivirus 2010 spyware removal.
Home Antivirus 2010 will also hijack your Internet Explorer browser so that
when visit web pages you will randomly be shown a message stating that the site
has a security risk. It will then prompt you to purchase Home Antivirus 2010
to protect yourself.
As you can see, Home Antivirus 2010 uses numerous techniques to scam you into
thinking your computer is infected, under attack, or at risk to malware on the
web. It does this for one reason and one reason only; to trick you into purchasing
the software. If you find that you are infected with this program, please do
not purchase it. Instead use the removal guide below to remove Home Antivirus
2010 and any related malware for free.
Threat Classification:
Advanced information:
View Home Antivirus 2010 files.
View Home Antivirus 2010 Registry Information.
Entries for this program found in the Add or Remove Programs control panel:
Home Antivirus 2010
Tools Needed for this fix:
Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Home Antivirus 2010] "C:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\HomeAntivirus2010.exe" /hide
Guide Updates:
07/20/09 - Initial guide creation.
Automated Removal Instructions for Home Antivirus 2010 using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
- Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that
is open later in the fix.
- Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location
and save it to your desktop:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link (Download page will open in a new window)
- Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including
this one.
- Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe.
This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
- 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.
- 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.
- On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform
full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan
button to start scanning your computer for
Home Antivirus 2010
related files.
- 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.
- 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 HomeAntivirus 2010 removal process.
- You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should
click on the Show Results button.
- A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown
as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.
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. When removing the files, MBAM
may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message
stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer
has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the
steps.
- 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.
- You can now exit the MBAM program.
Your computer should now be free of the HomeAntivirus 2010 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 Using Malware Removal Tools and Requesting Help
Associated Home Antivirus 2010 Files:
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\AVEngn.dll
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\HomeAntivirus2010.cfg
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\HomeAntivirus2010.exe
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\htmlayout.dll
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\pthreadVC2.dll
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\Uninstall.exe
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\wscui.cpl
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\data
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\data\daily.cvd
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\Microsoft.VC80.CRT
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcm80.dll
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcp80.dll
c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcr80.dll
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\HomeAntivirus2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\HomeAntivirus2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\HomeAntivirus2010
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\HomeAntivirus2010\HomeAntivirus2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\HomeAntivirus2010\Uninstall.lnk
c:\WINDOWS\dicy.sys
c:\WINDOWS\oxysa.dl
c:\WINDOWS\vimufil.dat
c:\WINDOWS\system32\_scui.cpl
c:\WINDOWS\system32\boxica.reg
c:\WINDOWS\system32\jimysa.sys
c:\WINDOWS\system32\ylekoxipe.bin
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ovysenuv.ban
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\ecanynedy.pif
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\iwexuhor.inf
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\omupaw.scr
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\xonocyd.sys
%UserProfile%\Application Data\rufa.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\xatem.vbs
%UserProfile%\Cookies\akywiweni.dll
%UserProfile%\Cookies\atowu.exe
%UserProfile%\Cookies\ufig.reg
%UserProfile%\Cookies\upagyxej.lib
%UserProfile%\Cookies\uwud.ban
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\akufan.db
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\puqobu.bat
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\robomero.vbs
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\xojusiban.dat
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\otakyhegem.sys
c:\Program Files\Common Files\rohysewys.lib
File Location Notes:
%UserProfile% refers to the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User> for Windows 2000/XP, C:\Users\<Current User> for Windows Vista/7, and c:\winnt\profiles\<Current User> for Windows NT.
Associated Home Antivirus 2010 Windows Registry Information:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HomeAntivirus2010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\Install
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\Install\DEBUG
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load "scui.cpl"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load "wscui.cpl"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Home Antivirus 2010"
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