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How to Remove XP Guardian 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware

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XP Guardian 2010 Information:

XP Guardian 2010 (also referred as Vista Guardian) is a fake anti-spyware program that is promoted through the use of Trojans or comes bundled with other malware. from the same malicious family of rogues as Vista Guardian 2010, Vista Antispyware 2010, Vista Internet Security 2010 and Win 7 Internet Security 2010. Once a Trojan virus is installed, it will impersonate an Automatic Windows Updates window and download XP Guardian 2010 onto your computer. Once inside, XP Guardian 2010 hijacks web browsers and blocks most of security applications that are used on a computer and in this way protects itself from being removed. Then XP Guardian 2010 imitates a system scan and reporst false system security threats. Moreover, XP Guardian 2010 will constantly display fake security alerts and impersonate Windows Security Center to make the scam look more realistic. Then XP Guardian 2010 will push you to buy its full version. As you see, XP Guardian 2010 is designed only to steal your money and it can’t remove nothing as it promises. If your system is infected with XP Guardian 2010, please remove XP Guardian 2010 consulting a removal instruction that you will find below.

XP Guardian 2010 Screenshot:

Manual Removal

Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing XP Guardian 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware. 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 opening Task Manager.

av.exe

Step 2: The registry entries you need to delete:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “%1″ %*

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “%1″ %*

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “%1″ %*

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “%1″ %*

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -safe-mode

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “AntiVirusOverride” = “1”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirewallOverride” = “1”

Step 3: Files you need to delete:

%UserProfile%\\AppData\\Local\\av.exe

%UserProfile%\\AppData\\Local\\WRblt8464P

Please, be aware that manual removal of XP Guardian 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware 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, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of XP Guardian 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

Automatic XP Guardian 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware 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 XP Guardian 2010 Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make XP Guardian 2010 Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that XP Guardian 2010 Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.

NOTE: If you have problem installing XP Guardian 2010 Virus Remover, 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 XP Guardian 2010 Virus Remover 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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