How to Remove XP AntiMalware Rogue Anti-Malware?
XP AntiMalware Information:
XP AntiMalware (also referred as XP AntiMalware 2010) is a rogue anti-malware program that is spreading through the use of Trojans, browser hijackers and other similar malware. The symptom of infection with XP AntiMalware is that you will see many fake security warnings and alerts stating that your computer is infected by Trojans, spyware and adware etc. While installed and active, XP AntiMalware will supposedly scan your system and display loads of infections that won’t be removed unless you first buy its licensed program. The scan results are false, you can just ignore them. The same is with about fake system security alerts, you should ignore them too. But ignoring them doesn’t help remove them, you should use the removal guide below to remove XP AntiMalware from your computer as soon as possible.
XP AntiMalware Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing XP AntiMalware Rogue Anti-Malware. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Step 1: End its process by openning Task Manager.
ave.exe
Step 2: The files you need to delete:
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe
Step 3: The registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeDefaultIcon
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshell
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellopen
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellopencommand
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellrunas
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellrunascommand
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellstart
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellstartcommand
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfile
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileDefaultIcon
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshell
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellopen
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellopencommand
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellrunas
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellrunascommand
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellstart
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellstartcommand
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellopencommand | @ = “”%AppData%ave.exe” /START “%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellopencommand | IsolatedCommand = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exe | @ = “secfile”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exe | Content Type = “application/x-msdownload”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellopencommand | @ = “”%AppData%ave.exe” /START “%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassessecfileshellopencommand | IsolatedCommand = “”%1″ %*”
Please, be aware that manual removal of XP AntiMalware Rogue Anti-Malware is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal 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 it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of XP AntiMalware Rogue Anti-Malware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic XP AntiMalware Rogue Anti-Malware Removal:
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Download Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.
3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Spyware Cease delete all detected virus.
4. Click to repair your corrupted registry
Why should you need to repair the registry?
As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.
To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.
After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!
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