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.

Tested Antivirus 2008 removal solution for 64/32-bit Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000
*The Spyhunter scanner download on this site is intended to be used as a detection tool. If you want to use its a removal function, you will need to purchase the full version of SpyHunter.

Antivirus 2008 Screenshots:

Antivirus 2008

Antivirus 2008 technical info for manual removal:

Files Modified/Created on the system:

# File Name File Size (Bytes) File Hash
1Antivirusgolden 4.0.exe1953792 bytesMD5: cf5a5c661b9cb6fce5cc92ac6f906c16
2av2008xp.exe1227264 bytesMD5: 04a76850419d15ed8f713a38d8e55865
3Antivirus-2008.exe1075712 bytesMD5: aa8ea9ef0820268d9246ff3d3d5422ac
4antivirus-2008pro.exe1231064 bytesMD5: 4c372f908aa1abc8b7184c49f1ac089c
5AntvrsInstall.exe52224 bytesMD5: 4a574021ce73bdade5281b52ef667f72
6wav.cpl168448 bytesMD5: d7c8b487c24ba754f177b069787f1a63
7%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2008
8xpa2008.exe1056256 bytesMD5: 6a616e48b6bdbf0796a5a598fe5aef9b
9xpa_2008.exe1050624 bytesMD5: 8130d8a90b89b07f52f321c1b8f89379
10rhcn7cj0ea59.exe9457664 bytesMD5: e330a4a31133727f8e63242919bde199
11AntvrsInstall[1].exe60416 bytesMD5: fcfb95b95b2812bd93aff08e0e608667
12%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus2008y
13lwpwer.exe, empa.exe1189857 bytesMD5: c91ef4d73d64d00663c04adf19b5782b
14rhcr8nj0enn1.exe790528 bytesMD5: 42b7a9565c508c3515f5604098192d96
15AntivirusGolden.exe2273280 bytesMD5: 471977806c4ceba71cbe040885b200a8
16vav.exe325632 bytesMD5: 4f94513287f9f829d4ef2b0bd177bd5e
17rhc1cbj0ejen.exe1214976 bytesMD5: 3133b60fee7c89438e167874af23b6c4
18Antivirus-Golden.exe2273280 bytesMD5: 03b478b848cea9282dc964dfd10ee8e0
19%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus2008y
20%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\SoftLand Ltd\Antivirus 2008 XP
21aav.exe410112 bytesMD5: 2660b7844bbdfe0fa51b31ed86bb0d86
22lwpwer.exe881177 bytes
23wav.exe325632 bytesMD5: 4fbc16d94ea226f7278e294e0044b2b0
24av2008xp.exe,Install_1_1_[1].exe1233920 bytesMD5: 18db68b9045c0fe8096e0e46c95cb365
25ieupdates.exe71680 bytesMD5: 4ac75ae2896c7da00c82ec36602f56ab
26Antivirusgold 4.1.exe1994752 bytesMD5: 43285e38f15090960a3ff09ff2a5803a
27Antivirusgolden 3.8.exe2080768 bytesMD5: 2ff9e315a9b6d340b2daa6e4ee8d03d6
28Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk
29setup_1_1_[1].exe69120 bytesMD5: 698dee2006883c23b3b7abcc29facc1f
30avtotyuti574745.exe252928 bytesMD5: e086f1b00320472a281c7dc6d60a603c
31av[1].exe462848 bytesMD5: d4ddb37ef8f171406e117d3dc7d99f6f
32%ProgramFiles%\ANTIVIRUS 2008
33wspwprtct.exe1251840 bytesMD5: 3ec7ab61f723e95675577dc96cc53dbf
34%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008 XP
35Antivirus 2008.lnk
36antiviirus.exe10240 bytesMD5: f811c4377332c81fde4e4dfa1c6d5ea0
37%AppData%\Antivirus2008y
38Antvrs.exe662016 bytesMD5: 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
1Antivirusgolden 4.0.exeAntivirusgolden 4.0.exe1953792 bytes
2av2008xp.exeav2008xp.exe1227264 bytes
3Antivirus-2008.exeAntivirus-2008.exe1075712 bytes
4antivirus-2008pro.exeantivirus-2008pro.exe1231064 bytes
5AntvrsInstall.exeAntvrsInstall.exe52224 bytes
6xpa2008.exexpa2008.exe1056256 bytes
7xpa_2008.exexpa_2008.exe1050624 bytes
8rhcn7cj0ea59.exerhcn7cj0ea59.exe9457664 bytes
9AntvrsInstall[1].exeAntvrsInstall[1].exe60416 bytes
10lwpwer.exe, empa.exelwpwer.exe, empa.exe1189857 bytes
11rhcr8nj0enn1.exerhcr8nj0enn1.exe790528 bytes
12AntivirusGolden.exeAntivirusGolden.exe2273280 bytes
13vav.exevav.exe325632 bytes
14rhc1cbj0ejen.exerhc1cbj0ejen.exe1214976 bytes
15Antivirus-Golden.exeAntivirus-Golden.exe2273280 bytes
16aav.exeaav.exe410112 bytes
17lwpwer.exelwpwer.exe881177 bytes
18wav.exewav.exe325632 bytes
19av2008xp.exe,Install_1_1_[1].exeav2008xp.exe,Install_1_1_[1].exe1233920 bytes
20ieupdates.exeieupdates.exe71680 bytes
21Antivirusgold 4.1.exeAntivirusgold 4.1.exe1994752 bytes
22Antivirusgolden 3.8.exeAntivirusgolden 3.8.exe2080768 bytes
23setup_1_1_[1].exesetup_1_1_[1].exe69120 bytes
24avtotyuti574745.exeavtotyuti574745.exe252928 bytes
25av[1].exeav[1].exe462848 bytes
26wspwprtct.exewspwprtct.exe1251840 bytes
27antiviirus.exeantiviirus.exe10240 bytes
28Antvrs.exeAntvrs.exe662016 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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