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Antivirus 2008 Removal Guide

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If you are looking for a value added, user friendly and genuine security tool to protect your PC, then you will do well to steer clear of Antivirus 2008. This rogue antispyware application was certainly not designed to offer any type of protection to a PC, and will not relent until it succeeds in ripping you off. This disgusting rogue security tool uses any devious trick at its disposal to fleece money out of its victims, while leaving them with nothing of value in return.

It will enter the system through using various nefarious tactics, which include but is not limited to bogus online malwares scanners and seditious browser hijacking website. In fact, as of late it has also been reported that Antivirus 2008 bundles its Trojans and malware together with other third party downloads.

Users whose PCs were infected with Antivirus 2008 complained about being unable to launch applications on the infected PCs, as well as blocked Internet connections. They also complained about increased volatile and erratic system behavior, and extremely poor system performance.

Antivirus 2008 generates fake system scans and bogus security notifications to warn the user falsely that his system is being attacked, and that by purchasing Antivirus 2008 he will successfully stave off these attacks.

In order to regain control of your PC and limit the damage to your system, destroy Antivirus 2008 as a matter of urgency. This can best be done by using a properly functioning security tool.

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Antivirus 2008 Screenshots:

Antivirus 2008 technical info for manual removal:

Files Modified/Created on the system:

#	File Name	File Size (Bytes)	File Hash
1	Antivirusgolden 4.0.exe	1953792 bytes	MD5: cf5a5c661b9cb6fce5cc92ac6f906c16
2	av2008xp.exe	1227264 bytes	MD5: 04a76850419d15ed8f713a38d8e55865
3	Antivirus-2008.exe	1075712 bytes	MD5: aa8ea9ef0820268d9246ff3d3d5422ac
4	antivirus-2008pro.exe	1231064 bytes	MD5: 4c372f908aa1abc8b7184c49f1ac089c
5	AntvrsInstall.exe	52224 bytes	MD5: 4a574021ce73bdade5281b52ef667f72
6	wav.cpl	168448 bytes	MD5: d7c8b487c24ba754f177b069787f1a63
7	%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2008
8	xpa2008.exe	1056256 bytes	MD5: 6a616e48b6bdbf0796a5a598fe5aef9b
9	xpa_2008.exe	1050624 bytes	MD5: 8130d8a90b89b07f52f321c1b8f89379
10	rhcn7cj0ea59.exe	9457664 bytes	MD5: e330a4a31133727f8e63242919bde199
11	AntvrsInstall[1].exe	60416 bytes	MD5: fcfb95b95b2812bd93aff08e0e608667
12	%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus2008y
13	lwpwer.exe, empa.exe	1189857 bytes	MD5: c91ef4d73d64d00663c04adf19b5782b
14	rhcr8nj0enn1.exe	790528 bytes	MD5: 42b7a9565c508c3515f5604098192d96
15	AntivirusGolden.exe	2273280 bytes	MD5: 471977806c4ceba71cbe040885b200a8
16	vav.exe	325632 bytes	MD5: 4f94513287f9f829d4ef2b0bd177bd5e
17	rhc1cbj0ejen.exe	1214976 bytes	MD5: 3133b60fee7c89438e167874af23b6c4
18	Antivirus-Golden.exe	2273280 bytes	MD5: 03b478b848cea9282dc964dfd10ee8e0
19	%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2008y
20	%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2008 XP
21	aav.exe	410112 bytes	MD5: 2660b7844bbdfe0fa51b31ed86bb0d86
22	lwpwer.exe	881177 bytes
23	wav.exe	325632 bytes	MD5: 4fbc16d94ea226f7278e294e0044b2b0
24	av2008xp.exe,Install_1_1_[1].exe	1233920 bytes	MD5: 18db68b9045c0fe8096e0e46c95cb365
25	ieupdates.exe	71680 bytes	MD5: 4ac75ae2896c7da00c82ec36602f56ab
26	Antivirusgold 4.1.exe	1994752 bytes	MD5: 43285e38f15090960a3ff09ff2a5803a
27	Antivirusgolden 3.8.exe	2080768 bytes	MD5: 2ff9e315a9b6d340b2daa6e4ee8d03d6
28	Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk
29	setup_1_1_[1].exe	69120 bytes	MD5: 698dee2006883c23b3b7abcc29facc1f
30	avtotyuti574745.exe	252928 bytes	MD5: e086f1b00320472a281c7dc6d60a603c
31	av[1].exe	462848 bytes	MD5: d4ddb37ef8f171406e117d3dc7d99f6f
32	%ProgramFiles%\ANTIVIRUS 2008
33	wspwprtct.exe	1251840 bytes	MD5: 3ec7ab61f723e95675577dc96cc53dbf
34	%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008 XP
35	Antivirus 2008.lnk
36	antiviirus.exe	10240 bytes	MD5: f811c4377332c81fde4e4dfa1c6d5ea0
37	%AppData%\Antivirus2008y
38	Antvrs.exe	662016 bytes	MD5: c6bbb8cc1144bc83b6a2dd46a35757ea

Files in the following directories were modified:

%ProgramFiles%
%UserProfile%\Start Menu
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\SoftLand Ltd
%AppData%

Memory Processes Created:

#	Process Name	Process Filename	Main module size
1	Antivirusgolden 4.0.exe	Antivirusgolden 4.0.exe	1953792 bytes
2	av2008xp.exe	av2008xp.exe	1227264 bytes
3	Antivirus-2008.exe	Antivirus-2008.exe	1075712 bytes
4	antivirus-2008pro.exe	antivirus-2008pro.exe	1231064 bytes
5	AntvrsInstall.exe	AntvrsInstall.exe	52224 bytes
6	xpa2008.exe	xpa2008.exe	1056256 bytes
7	xpa_2008.exe	xpa_2008.exe	1050624 bytes
8	rhcn7cj0ea59.exe	rhcn7cj0ea59.exe	9457664 bytes
9	AntvrsInstall[1].exe	AntvrsInstall[1].exe	60416 bytes
10	lwpwer.exe, empa.exe	lwpwer.exe, empa.exe	1189857 bytes
11	rhcr8nj0enn1.exe	rhcr8nj0enn1.exe	790528 bytes
12	AntivirusGolden.exe	AntivirusGolden.exe	2273280 bytes
13	vav.exe	vav.exe	325632 bytes
14	rhc1cbj0ejen.exe	rhc1cbj0ejen.exe	1214976 bytes
15	Antivirus-Golden.exe	Antivirus-Golden.exe	2273280 bytes
16	aav.exe	aav.exe	410112 bytes
17	lwpwer.exe	lwpwer.exe	881177 bytes
18	wav.exe	wav.exe	325632 bytes
19	av2008xp.exe,Install_1_1_[1].exe	av2008xp.exe,Install_1_1_[1].exe	1233920 bytes
20	ieupdates.exe	ieupdates.exe	71680 bytes
21	Antivirusgold 4.1.exe	Antivirusgold 4.1.exe	1994752 bytes
22	Antivirusgolden 3.8.exe	Antivirusgolden 3.8.exe	2080768 bytes
23	setup_1_1_[1].exe	setup_1_1_[1].exe	69120 bytes
24	avtotyuti574745.exe	avtotyuti574745.exe	252928 bytes
25	av[1].exe	av[1].exe	462848 bytes
26	wspwprtct.exe	wspwprtct.exe	1251840 bytes
27	antiviirus.exe	antiviirus.exe	10240 bytes
28	Antvrs.exe	Antvrs.exe	662016 bytes

Registry Modifications:

The following Registry Keys were created:

RUNNING PROGRAM\av2008xp.exe
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\3P_UDEC
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ Antivirus2008y
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ ieupdate
AntivirusGolden 3.8
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ InstallProgram
Antivirus Pro 2008
AntivirusGolden 4.1
MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\Antivirus2008y
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ s9201
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ Antivirus Pro 2008
AntivirusGolden 4.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ SMrhcr8nj0enn1
RUNNING PROGRAM\avtotyuti574745.exe
s9201
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce "3P_UDEC"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ Antivirus
Antivirus-Golden
antivirus2008y
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Antivirus2008y
unistallantivirus2008
RUNNING PROGRAM\Explorer.EXE
MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\Antivirus
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce 3P_UDEC
Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{3BA4271E-5C1E-48E2-B432-D8BF420DD31D}
Antivirus2008y
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ SMrhc1cbj0ejen
AntvrsInstall.exe
RUNNING PROGRAM\Antvrs.exe

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