How to get rid of Anti-virus-1
Filed Under (Rogue Antispyware) by admin on 20-06-2009
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About Anti-virus-1:
Anti-virus-1 is a rogue anti-spyware program known to use fraudulent scare tactics to steal money from non-technical computer users. Even though Anti-virus-1 is marketed as a system optimization tool, its tactics and the final objective testify to its being a fake utility developed to gain profit by brainwashing unsuspecting PC users. Anti-virus-1 is designed to lure unsuspecting users out of their money by scaring them into purchasing the full version of the program. Being a typical rogue anti-spyware application, this way Anti-virus-1 tries to make you purchase its license, i.e. it uses scare techniques to make you troubled about your PC security and then offers its full version to fix the computer. These pop-ups will be occasionally accompanied by Anti-virus-1 fabricated system scanners that report more infections as well. It’s advised to remove Anti-virus-1 before it gets down to disrupting your system.
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How to remove Anti-virus-1 manually:
To get rid of Anti-virus-1 you must stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Anti-virus-1 files and registry utility. Follow the Anti-virus-1 removal instructions below.
Search and delete Anti-virus-1 registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV1\AV1\{F275E931-AFEC-4f70-B0D4-CC2731B945E0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{29256442-2C14-48CA-B756-3EE0F8BDC774}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\QWProtect.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{70FEAD04-A7FD-4B89-B814-8A8251C90EF7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{051C9A06-FB08-486F-B09B-8B33B261637D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QWProtect.QWProtectBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{512E801E-2F02-4ADE-ACAA-58F08A22B2F8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{70FEAD04-A7FD-4B89-B814-8A8251C90EF7}
Search and delete Anti-virus-1 files:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\AV1\av1.exe
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\AV1\AV1i.exe
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\AV1\AV1i2.exe
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\AV1\QWProtect.dll
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\AV1\svchost.exe
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Anti-virus-1.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Anti-virus-1\Anti-virus-1.lnk
How to get rid of Anti-virus-1 automaticaly:
If you think about manual removal, please, take into consideration that manual removal of Anti-virus-1 needs to be completed with a great attention to an every single detail. It’s is a procedure of high responsibility and should be done very carefully. Needless to underline that only professional can complete such task without mistakes. So we highly recommend you in order to avoid further destroying of your computer system and to ensure problem-free removal, use the automatic Anti-virus-1 removal tool. You can try it following the link below:
