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How to remove XP Antivirus 2009

Malware Description:
XP Antivirus 2009 is a fraudulent application that promotes itself via fake exaggerated popup alerts. XP Antivirus 2009 usually gets inside your system by using trojans that enable imperceptible violation of your cyber space. Being a typical rogue anti-spyware, XP Antivirus 2009 is coded to mislead and trick money from unsuspecting PC users. XP Antivirus 2009 usually paves its way to ‘successful’ malicious activity through altering your system (e.g. by adding completely innocuous registry entries) and then making you believe these changes are hazardous. The system alerts generated by XP Antivirus 2009 either notify of a privacy violation and imaginary remote access established to your PC, or tell you about some malware trying to disrupt your system. Naturally, the main accent is made on the idea that buying the XP Antivirus 2009 full version is just a perfect solution for the emerged ‘malware trouble’. To avoid getting misled by all these tricks, get rid of XP Antivirus ASAP if you detect it in your system.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove XP Antivirus 2009 manually:
Manual removal of XP Antivirus 2009 is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• XPAntivirus.exe
• XPAntivirusUpdate.exe
• shlwapi.dll
• wininet.dll
• XP antivirus
• XPAntivirus.lnk
• Uninstall XPAntivirus.lnk
• XPAntivirus on the Web.lnk
• XPAntivirus.url
• XPAntivirus2009.lnk
• Uninstall XPAntivirus2009.lnk

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XPAntivirusFilter
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\XP antivirus_is1
• HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”XP antivirus”
• HKEY_USERS\Software\XP antivirus

Please, be aware that manual removal of XP Antivirus 2009 is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal of XP Antivirus 2009, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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