Rogue Antivirus Program XP Antivirus 2009
XP Antivirus 2009 is a rogue antivirus or antispyware software program. It will pretend to be a useful antimalware tool and will then display a significant number of “Your Computer is Infected” messages on your computer. The primary goal of the malware is to convince you to buy the “Commercial” version of the software, but instead will only pay money to further infect your computer with additional computer spyware.
XP Antivirus 2009 Method of Infection and Payload
XP Antivirus 2009 is commonly spread through the installation of corrupted video codecs or through a Trojan virus such as the Zlob Trojan, Vundo Trojan, or any other Trojan virus downloader. The Trojan virus that downloads XP Antivirus may make use of Internet browser vulnerabilities on your computer or be directly downloaded through an infected multimedia file in addition to the video codec method of infection. Some variants of XP antivirus will attempt to hijack several websites in your “hosts” file on your computer to redirect the web browser to malicious websites that will install more malware on your computer. The Zlob and Vundo Trojan carriers are also known to download other computer viruses and malware on your computer when they have successfully installed themselves.
XP Antivirus 2009 Automatic Removal Information
Antivirus Pro 2009 is complex and it is not recommended to attempt manual removal. Automatic removal using an updated anti-virus program is the recommended means for removal. If you are seeing what you believe to be “Fake” infection notifications, then your computer is likely already infected with the Spyware and the Trojan virus that deployed the malware.
XP Antivirus 2009 Manual Removal Information
In order to manually remove XP Antivirus 2009, you will need to unregister two dynamic link libraries that are known to be installed with the malwre, u wininet.dll and u shlwapi.dll. In order to disassociate these files, open the DOS prompt on your computer by selecting the “Start” menu then type “command” in the search text box followed by the “enter” key. Then, enter the following command: regsvr32 /u shlwapi.dll followed by the “enter”. Repeat the same command for the “wininet.dll”.
Kill XP Antivirus Processes
Then, open your computer’s process window by typing “Ctrl + Shift + Esc” simultaneously. Single left click the “XPantivirus.exe” process and then select the “end process” menu option. Next, single left click the “XPAntivirusUpdate.exe” process and the “end process menu button.
Delete XP Antivirus Files
Then, open Windows File explorer, search for, find, and delete the following files from your computer:
- XPAntivirus.exe
- XPAntivirusUpdate.exe
- shlwapi.dll
- wininet.dll
- XP Antivirus 2008.lnk
- Uninstall XP Antivirus 2008.lnk
- XP antivirus
- XPAntivirus.lnk
- Uninstall XPAntivirus.lnk
- XPAntivirus on the Web.lnk
- XPAntivirus.url
Remove XP Antivirus Registry Entries
Open your computer’s registry editor. Enter “XP Antivirus” in the “Search” field of your registry editor and delete the XP antivirus registry keys. After this step the XP Antivirus malware will be removed from your computer.
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