Antivirus 2010 Descriptions:
Antivirus 2010, also known as Antivirus2010, is a direct copy of the notorious rogue antispyware application called Antivirus 2009. Yes, this nasty fake antispyware is back with a new mask. Don’t let it fool you.
Antivirus 2010 is created by those ruthless people who try to ruin the integrity of our computing experience. It is somewhat ironic to see a fake antivirus application got upgraded. Guess we are living in an usual world and nothing really surprises us anymore. Maybe the new U.S. President would fix all these messes. Let’s keep our fingers cross!
Generally, Antivirus 2010 usually comes up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. Antivirus 2010 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages such as
“STOP: 0x000000D1 (0×0000000, 0xF73120AE, 0xC0000008, 0xC000000) A spyware application has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer”.
What this does is to trick the innocent people like you to spend money and purchase Antivirus 2010, which is the real spyware itself. Don’t fall into the trap!
It is more important than ever to remove all the components of of the Antivirus 2010, and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader).
We don’t want someone spying on our digital life, do we? To effectively and safely remove Antivirus 2010, we have created a manual removal instructions. Be sure to back the data up before proceeding. Good luck!
Detect Antivirus 2010, or AV2010.exe automatically – Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility
Manual Antivirus 2010 Removal Instructions:
Stop Antivirus 2010 Processes:
(Learn how to do this)
AV2010.exe
AV2010[1].exe
AV2010Install.exe
Antivirus2010.exe
Antivirus 2010.lnk
Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
Find and Delete these Antivirus 2010 Files:
(Learn how to do this)
c:\Program Files\AV2010
c:\Program Files\AV2010\AV2010.exe
c:\Program Files\AV2010\svchost.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\IEDefender.dll
c:\WINDOWS\system32\wingamma.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\AV2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010\AV2010.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010\Uninstall.lnk%program_files%\Antivirus 2010\AV2010.exe
%startmenu%\Antivirus 2010\Antivirus 2010.lnk
%startmenu%\Antivirus 2010\uninstall Antivirus 2010.lnk
%desktopdirectory%\Antivirus 2010.lnk
%program_files%\Antivirus 2010\AV2010.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antivirus 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 2010\Antivirus 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 2010\Uninstall Antivirus 2010.lnk
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2010\AV2010.exe
%System%\scui.cpl
Remove Antivirus 2010 Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{705FD64B-2B7B-4856-9337-44CA1DA86849}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0012
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0013
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0014
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Windows Gamma Display”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV2010
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{3C40236D-990B-443C-90E8-B1C07BCD4A68}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEDefender.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{7BC7565C-5062-43CE-8797-DC2C271140A9}
Detect Antivirus 2010, or AV2010.exe automatically – Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility
All I have to say is that I googled “Antivirus 2010 XP” and the first set of instructions that came up was for this website.
And,I followed the steps listed above…worked perfectly. (Only thing is that my computer is running slightly slower now, but I seriously don’t mind since the malware/spyware is GONE!)
this 2010 was a tough one. I was determined to get rid of it using free programs. Malwarebytes was my first choice but 2010 would not let me install the program. Smart. I looked for a solution to that problem online. Older post said rename the the bam File (that’s the start up file for malwarebytes) that did not work. So needed another FREE program 2010 did not know about. Went to download.com and used ” a-squared free” malware removal program.
It loaded and updated so I ran it . It found lots of problems on the PC. It found the 2010 malware and labeled as a high threat. It got rid of the 2010 malware. Great.
but after reboot the laptop no longer open any EXE files. That means no program would open since every program starts with a EXE file to open. Made the laptop useless. Now I have no idea if a-square free messed with my registry or if 2010 took a finale parting shot and disabled open EXE files.
There are lots of payed programs saying they can fix this. But I’m cheap so I decided to restore the laptop to the latest know working condition in the restore menu.
That worked and the 2010 did not come back with the restore.
problem solved and NO money changed hands.
Malwarebytes loaded after that and would recommend to any one to load the free version and run it often.
ken mol
march 4 2010
luckily norton found it on my laptop while i was trying to manually remove it.
as for the exe thing, i found a fix here.
hopes this helps everyone.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistaperformance/thread/e939ba45-c6ab-499d-ab21-433e7314d344
This is easy to fix. Go to ALL PROGRAMS then to ACCESSORIES them SYSYEM RESTORE. Set the date to one before the Antivirus 2010 showed up. If this helped save your computer and saved you from buying some expensive spyware program that doesn’t work then please donate whatever money you can to help my friend who is in need.
Daniel Butler
3024 W. Artebella Way
Tucson, AZ 85742
ARG!
I got the antivirus 2010 just this morning…and now it won’t let me open anything!
I can navigate just fine, but anytime I click on something, a message box pops up asking me what i want to open this file with – for example, with firefox (or my other internet browsers) – i can’t access it!
any help or suggestions would be sooo great.
Thanks!
Not sure if your still checking this ITDude but I have the same problem about not being able to open up any programs. I cant ever open notepad to do what you’re saying. Any thing else I can try?
Had this Vista Antivirus 2010 attach itself to my machine yesterday. I found the file av.exe 32, stopped the process, and saved a .txt file on top of the av.exe file.
I then found that no .exe programs would execute.
I then tried to do a system restore ( wanted the Registry back to what it was before I was infected). Of course, the link t System Restore was a shortcut and hence an .exe, so that didn’t work.
So what i did then was type system restore in the start search in Start. It came up with it. I then right clicked and clicked “Run as administrator”. This worked and i was in System restore.
I restored back after which everything started working again.
Downloaded malwarebytes program (mentioned above somewhere) and did a full scan. Surprisingly, only came up with 5 infected files, not even sure if they had anything to do with 2010!
My God! This is insane!!
I am no slouch when it comes to computers and I have read all of the above; tried all of the above; tried several other solution and the best I can get to is it is all gone (antivirus vista 2010) but then none of the remaining programs will .exe, no matter what I do.
Why in the world would they ever waste money on nuclear weapons when with this kind of nefarious talent, they could probably disable all our computer systems and bring our government to its knees very quickly.
I am pissed to say the least and have so far today, wasted seven hours on nothing else, but I believe I am in the home stretch, give or take a couple of more hours. If it proves successful, I will post the steps in “color-me-red” order.
Film at eleven
I have this stupid Antivirus XP 2010, but I do not have any of those Files, nor do I have the registry value.
Any suggestions for that?
just feel like crying. My computer has all my coursework for college on it and this could cost me my future.
Macs suck.
This virus is put out by some extremely clever and computer/software savvy bastards. They are after two things (maybe more that we have not found out about yet).
1. Get you to subscribe to their “anti-virus†program and for you to send them money. Under no circumstances should you do that or open up any of their pop-up “Alert†pages. Provide them with absolutely no authorizations of any kind whatsoever. Until you perform the solution below, every time one of their “Alert†pages pops up, simply click on the “x†at the top right of the box and get rid of it. Unfortunately, these pages will continue to appear every few minutes.
2. The second item they are after is to try and steal your identity any way they can. And they can, and will, if you let them into your computer or subscribe to their phony “anti-virus†program. Its only purpose is to somehow (and they have several ways) to get inside your computer more than they already have.
They have figured out most all the angles, but like all things, somebody eventually figures out a solution. What follows worked for my son’s computer, but it took me seven hours of nothing else. I tried every solution offered on this forum and several others, but none completely solved the problem. And further, at one point I actually got rid of the “antivirus vista 2010″ virus only to find out that now the rest of the computer would not function correctly. As its parting gesture, when I sent it to the virus graveyard, the “antivirus vista 2010″ virus somehow managed to shut down the functioning of every “.exe†file in my son’s computer. Nothing worked after that and I could not open any programs. In order to continue, I actually had to re-install the “antivirus vista 2010″ virus, just so the computer could basically function !! Scared the hell out of me to do so. But, in the end, I got rid of the virus and the computer is now functioning as it was built to do.
Here are the successful steps I implemented, in “color-me-red†instructions for folks such as myself who are not computer “expertsâ€. However, first a description of my son’s computer and operating system. It is a Toshiba Qosmio, X305, with 4 GB of RAM and 320GB hard drive @ 7200RPM. The operating system is Microsoft Vista Home Premium 6.0, Service Pack 1. Hopefully, all the instructions are identical, but other operating systems may have some subtle word changes, but the concept of my solution will be the same.
Several people on this forum have touched on the solution, and they helped me BIG-TIME, but none hit it on the head or they wound up with only a partial, or temporary solution. Here are the proper steps which worked for me:
1. With the computer up and running, open your “Task Master†dialogue box. Clicking on “control†+ “alt†+ “delete†all at the same time will open the “Task Master†dialogue box.
2. Once the dialogue box is open, click on the “processes†button at the top of the dialogue box, and a list of all the processes will appear in the box in alphabetical order.
3. About 3-4-5 items down the list, you will find the file “av.exe*32″. This is the culprit and you need to get rid of it. But it must be done correctly, or it turns loose all sorts of new problems.
4. Right click on the file “av.exe*32″. A new drop down menu will appear with a list of choices. The top of the list (at least it is the top one on my menu) is a selection “open file locationâ€, or words to that effect.
5. Left click on the “open file location†selection and immediately, behind the “Task Master†box, another dialogue box entitled “system32 files†or “program files†will open and the file “av.exe*32″ will be highlighted. NOTE: some of these files are hidden files. If the file “av.exe*32″ is displayed in the alphabetical order listing, just proceed to paragraph 6 next. If it is not displayed, first follow instructions “A†through “H†below this paragraph;
A. If not displayed, close the “Task Master†box and leave the “program files†box in place.
B. At the top of the box click on menu item “Toolsâ€. In the drop down menu, select item “folder optionsâ€. A dialogue box entitled “Folder options†will appear.
C. At the top of the “Folder Options†dialogue box will be another menu. Select (click on) menu item “viewâ€. A “view” box appears.
D. In the “view†box will be another box entitled “Advanced Settingsâ€. In the “advanced settings†box will be a list of many items. Scroll down until you come to a folder entitled “Hidden files and foldersâ€. Double click on the “Hidden files and folders†folder. It looks like a yellow file folder.
E. After double clicking on the “Hidden files and folders†folder, you will see two files appear. Click on the button in front of “Show hidden files and foldersâ€
F. After selecting “Show hidden files and foldersâ€, scroll down further to the item “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)â€. It will show a check-mark in the check box preceding the file. Un-check the file. In other words, you now want all hidden files to be shown. They are normally hidden so nobody can mess with them and screw up the operating system.
G. Once all that is done, open the “Task Master†dialogue box again. (“control†+ “alt†+ “deleteâ€, all at the same time.
H. Once back into the “Task Master†dialogue box, once again, right click on the file “av.exe*32″. From the drop down menu select “ open file locationâ€. This will then open the “system 32″ or “program files†list box and after completing the “A†through “H†steps here, it should now show the highlighted file “av.exe*32″. Now proceed to paragraph 6 below, and continue.
6. At this point, close the “Task master†dialogue box. You will be left with the larger “program files†box with the “av.exe*32″ file still highlighted.
7. Right click on the “av.exe*32″ file and another drop down menu will appear with about fifteen selections listed. Towards the bottom of the list, you will see the selection “delete†.
8. Left click on the “delete†selection and the file “av.exe*32″ will disappear from the “program files†box. It is now gone from your computer. The virus file is gone, but your problems are not over yet.
9. Close the “program files†box.
After closing the “program files†box, you will find yourself looking at your desktop page. If, at this point, all the programs on the desktop perform properly, and open as they should (a simple click on the program icon), then you are home free and you need do nothing further. The virus is gone and your computer operates normally.
However, it is more than likely that you will not be able to open any of the programs which show icons on the desktop. With some operating systems, but not all, as its parting gesture, the virus has programming which crashes all of your “.exe†files, rendering them totally inoperable. I told you they were clever bastards. I can confirm to you that this will be the case with the Vista operating system. Not happy to lose your potential money and ability to steal your identity, they are settling for screwing up your computer. But, not to worry, there is a solution to this also.
The virus has left instructions on your computer that remain outside of the “antivirus vista 2010″ programming, which is now removed from your computer, but the files it left behind are almost as bad. The trick now is to take your computer back to its operating instructions configuration prior to the time the bad programming (crippling your “.exe†files) invaded. This is accomplished through the your operating system’s “system restore†program. If you get it to run from the desktop, simply open it and select a “restore†date which would be a few days prior to the date you suspect that the virus invaded your computer. If you are successful with the “restore†program and the new date has been selected, re-start your computer and all should be well. If this does not work because you cannot get the system restore program to run, follow the below instructions to bypass the normal “system restore†channels.
1 With the Vista operating system, at the bottom left corner of your desktop page, you will see/find a large, conspicuous “Start†button.
2. Left click on the “Start†button. A new box will appear listing several of your programs and other items. One of them will be a “start search†small box with a blinking cursor at the very left end of the box (within the bigger box). In Vista, this box is immediately above the “start†button, once you have clicked on the “start†button.
3. In the “start search†box, type the words “system restoreâ€. As you finish typing “system restoreâ€, a new box entitled “programs†will appear immediately above with the file “system restore†highlighted.
4 Right click on the highlighted file “system restoreâ€. Another drop down menu will appear with a number of items listed. Approximately three item down will be a selection “ Run as Administratorâ€. Left click on the selection “Run as Administratorâ€. The “System Restore†program box will open. Do not worry if it does not appear immediately. On my computer it took approximately five minutes before the “System Restore†program box appeared after I clicked on “Run as Administrator”. Just sit and wait for it to appear.
5. In the “System Restore†program box, you will see a bunch of dialogue and a place to select either “Recommended restore†or “Choose a different restore pointâ€. Select/click the “Choose a different restore pointâ€. After making the selection, click on the bottom button “Nextâ€. This will cause a new dialogue box to appear that lists, in chronological order, all of the most recent installation dates of program updates or programs you recently installed. Scroll down the list until you find a date that you feel precedes the virus invasion date. Be careful to remember that this action will not only uninstall the virus instructions but any valid updates to your computer which were installed after the date you select. Maybe you need to go back only a few days.
6. After you select/highlight the right date, click on the bottom button “nextâ€. This will take you to a new “System Restore†dialogue box entitled “Confirm your restore pointâ€. If it shows the date you selected, then click on the bottom button “finishâ€. This will then open a cautionary box warning you that the restore action coming can not be interrupted and asks if you want to continue. Click “yesâ€.
NOTE:
The system restore action will require some time to complete once you tell it to go ahead. Do not be concerned. On my son’s computer, which is a very fast computer, the restore action took in excess of twelve minutes, so on a lessor speed computer, I can see it taking a goodly amount of time. After all, depending upon the date you selected, it is uninstalling a bunch of previously installed instructions. Let it go until it is finished. It will then restart the computer and all should be working correctly. If not, go back in these instructions and choose an earlier date until you find that date the virus invaded and then go back one day earlier.
Hopefully, these “color-me-red†steps will cure your problems. I normally would not take the time to type all of this, but having been exposed to this malicious bunch of bastards (and I am biting my tongue not to use my normal complement of adjectives) I know how utterly frustrating it can be to the normal “non-expert†computer user like myself
I would post my email for any questions, but I am fearful that it would incur the wrath of our Asian friends and I cannot afford that. Never forget how truly computer savvy they are. When it is all said and done, they are nothing more than a group of sleazy thieves. Any questions you have or any clarifications you need, post herein, and I will keep checking for awhile and respond in this forum. All I can say is it worked for me and hopefully, it helps somebody else in the same situation.
What I did was stop/kill the process in task
manager, processes tab. The file on mine was
AV2010.exe then I did a system restore (START -
ALL PROGRAMS- ACCESSORIES – SYSTEM
TOOLS – SYSTEM RESTORE) you only need
to set the restore back to a date b4 the attack.
Doing a system restore doesn’t affect any of your
documents, emails, pictures or other personal data.
And it’s reversible too. The EASIEST way to get rid
of this shit of a program. Well it worked for me.
I don’t care if there are 2 or 20 of these bastards that are responsible for creating and maintaining this antivirus xp 2010, i am with that Bob guy, I would shoot every one of them in their heads. I wish i knew where they were! maybe once you fall victim and pay for the virus removal form them that info can be tracked back to them. Nothing would make me happier than to shoot all of them in their heads…… Fucking pieces of shit, if anyone has their info please give it up.
First things first. Most infections now are Rogue Antispyware, not viruses. They hold you system hostage till you pay them, or get them removed. I should know, I work on removing them every day, for a company none of you would ever expect.
But let me tell you what we do, and these are ALL free tools.
1. Boot in Safe Mode w/ Networking – so important, as this can make the malware sterile for the boot session, makes it easier for them to be removed.
2. Now run these programs in this order:
a. run ATF-cleaner and the built in cleanmgr.exe. You wan to blow out all temp files, this is where 90% of your malware likes to hide.
b. Run a MalwareBytes QuickScan (make sure it updates) this can remove most infections. If you get over 500 hits, you may wish to also run a full scan on ALL non-removable drives.
c. GMER (only need to run initial scan) This are good for discovering RootKits, which will bring the infections back. Unless you know what you’re doing, DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING via this program. You can brick your computer.
d. AutoRuns (make sure to select options, and hide all microsoft and verify) this will show you everything that opens during boot. Anything with a missing file, uncheck. Anything with no information, uncheck. AutoRuns is nice, because if you need to add something back, you just need to check it.
e. MSCONFIG – In services, check Hide Microsoft. Anything with blank information and/or that looks suspecious, uncheck. In Startups, same thing. Blanks are BAD.
You may wish to turn OFF system restore as well, before running these steps. Some of the newer threats like to hide there.
Google will provide you with most information on files that look suspicious. Use it. Anything that returns nothing, uncheck it.
Remove ALL toolbars. It has been proven that even the Google Toolbar can be exploited to spread malware. You don’t need them, especially 5 of them. (I’ve seen 20, and they took up 1/2 the screen)
Get an ACTIVE Anti-malware program. Free programs are very useful for removing malware, but they don’t do anything to stop them from coming in. Pay the $$ or research. I use Clam on my systems, as it supports Win*, *nix, and Mac. (all 3 on one MPB 15″)
And when all is said and done, download MyDefrag and do a Monthly Defrag. It’s very thorough. Then do a Consolidation. This will help speed up your system some.
There are more tools out there that may be needed, but these are my hammer and screwdrivers. With these, and a little research, you could make a mint cleaning out peoples’ computers. And understand why places like Best Buy charge so much.
Also, keep in mind most infections have a very small windows of removal time; like an egg, they incubate and hatch.
72 hours seems to be the avg. time for these. As it gets closer tot hat time mark, you’ll get more and more popups, and soon will get them even in Safe Mode.
Once you realize you are infected, you need to move fast.
Two questions:
1, I did find the av file by the above steps, bt I cannot delete it;
2. The system restore thing took like forever, I bet someething is wrong, but I followed the steps, but I did not get the ‘next’ or ‘choose different restore pint’.
thanks a lot!
Can you tell me how I can set the resore point? I wanna set it as 3/7/2010 5:00:00 PM
but it kept it as the current one, how can I do it?
thanks!
I have the same problem as someone posted back in Feb 2009.
“Help me Virus Hunter! I followed your instructions to the “tâ€, and when everything was said and done, the virus was gone. However, now I cannot open any programs. It asks me what program I would like to use to open it with, even when choosing things such as .exe files. I am lost man.”
Help!!!
Thanks.
we found the file in re-image which was a programe downloaded to remove it
hey did u ever recieved u refund i did the same think and bought it not thing happen
Thanks for all of the good information. I was able to get the crap off of my machine with the system restore approach. It is unfortunate that folks with this level of skill opt to use it for ill. They probably even sit around reading these comments. Overcompensation for other “short”comings. Rather than shooting them in the head, I suggest “tea-bagging” or “snorkeling”. That seems more appropriate for these disenfranchised trolls. Just a thought.
Hey, I have a really big problem please help me.
This is what happened I got the virus 2days ago,
but i got rid of it using many anti viruses but now any time i try and open anything a window pops up saying what program do you want to use to open the program. The xp anti virus icon in the toolbar is gone tho. someone please help me!
whatever asshole that has no life and does this annoying shit should hang himself. SERIOUS
whoever made this wasnt too bright because my mcafee av found it in a minute tops. Wow……..
I was plagued by the Antivirus Vista 2010 messages but I was still able to run programs. I used msconfig but was not able to find any AV2010 stuff in the startup or processes areas. I updated and ran spyware doctor but it did not detect AV 2010. So I tried System Restore and went back about a week. This took a while but so far my computer is back to normal and working well. I have not been able to find any AV2010 files to delete, so I don’t know if the problem will re-appear but so far so good. Good luck everyone….
I deleted the av.exe file thanks to the post by Virus Hunter above. Afterwards I could not launch the .exe files as others have reported. Using the registry list ITDude posted I found for [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.EXE] default value was secfile. I changed it to exefile. That fixed my problem after several hours of fooling around with it. I have Windows XP so I was afraid to just copy the entire reg entry by ITDude, it might be for Vista only. Hope this helps others to resolve this terrible virus.
I had this Antivirus vista 2010, and tried everything to remove it! It blocked my other antivirus program from opening. And now its dug so deep into my comp. that MacAfee can’t find it! And I cant open ANY .exe files! Though I managed to get the internet working somehow x_x
I tried deleteing this av.exe thing in the processes in my task manager, but its not there. So I searched for its “other names” and nothing comes revently close. Is the virus gone somehow?? If it is why wont anything work!! someone please help me I need to do school reports and stuff! And I dont want to go through march break with no computer!
I had this showing up a couple days ago and couldn’t get it away. Now it is not popping up but still is screwing with my computer. I have searched all my computer but nothing is showing up called AV2010. Could it have disappeared? Please help.
As well as it is asking me the same thing “what would you like to open with?”
I had vista antivirus 2010 on my laptop and first I used spybot because in past it helped me to get rid of some spywares and viruses but it didnot find anything. Then I tried system restore and it could not restore my laptop to earlier date, some error message was showing up.I red all of this abowe and I found in task manager av.exe process and file location and did all of the steps mentioned in comments, unhide files… but when I tried to delete av file windows would not allow me to delete it, I must have tried dozen of times to delete it even trying to change properties of the file but nothing worked I got upset and just turned off laptop by pressing and holding power button for 3-4 seconds, and left it.Next day I downloaded some fix.reg and malwarebyte program on usb at friend’s pc, my next attempt to remove vista antivirus 2010, I turned on my laptop and I was waiting for those anoying pop-ups to start showing but there was none, I checked in task manager and av.exe was gone!
Everything was working as it should just like before vista virus.
I am not sure how but vista 2010 was gone for good,for all of you that stil have this vista piece of s… on your computers dont give up it can be removed.
Please call this number to fix the problem related to AV 2010
1-866-727-2338
So I am also having the problem that it is asking me what program I would like to open EVERYTHING with. The only thing I can really get onto is anything on my desktop. I can’t even run a start prior to this because it only lets me run it with Internet Explorer!
Several people have mentioned this and nobody has even addressed it…please please please…
you know all you mac guys make it sound like they never have any trouble. we have 3 new mac technical support companies opened in last year. If more people used mac maybe these malicous software nuts would target the mac nuts so they will just shut up. a computer is a computer, mac was not sent to us from the computing gods to make our life free of pc’s.
Quick and simple way to remove virus is by restoring previous good OS before infected by any virus. I just removed XP Antivirus today in less than 30 minutes.
Window restore procedure.
1) Open Window Explorer
2) Goto C:\Window\System32\Restore
3) Open rstrui.exe
4) select back a good date to restore (date before infected with virus).
Good luck!
gud
ugsdk.gaf
ha ha ha what a antivirus i love this antivirus.
download this software for the big virus
System Restore got my computer running again, thanks! However, the virus files were still in there, it took a while, they weren’t under any of the terms I saw in comments above, but I finally found them by putting in 2010 in my search.
I ran multible scans to try to find antivirus 2010 but everything came back clean. I have 4 computers running through a linksys router. I noticed that my other pc’s started getting redirected to mesage from webpage antivirus 2010. So I logged into the router and noticed that something set it up for a static DNS.I Reset the router to factory default and all is good.
If you seem to keep getting directed to the same website, try this: Open Web Browser, enter Tools, Connections, LAN Connection. Then if the box checked Use Proxy Server is checked, uncheck it then apply, then you should be able to surf again without getting redirected.
@ nicknj & terminatoR
Mac’s and Linux machines CAN get malware. Generally they don’t because they are not mainstream enough. Considering all malware is, is a script or program written with malicious intentions.
Any malware written for windows could also be ported to OSx or Linux.
This is the easiest and smartest way to get rid of Antivirus 2010 and the first thing I thought of considering I’ve had to do this before. System Restore is definitely the way to go.
I tried Malware-Bites and Spybot Search and Destroy first with no success and they will usually be able to fix the problem. Did a system restore to a few days prior of being infected and it worked like a charm. It would have taken me awhile before I thought to try that. Thank you very much for that suggestion. I recommend anyone with this AntiVirus whatever year, to get rid of it in this manner. Quick and easy.
Keep attention to fake driver .sys files that block the execution of removal tool even in Safe Mode.
You must delete them with recovery Console.
There is a service Antivirus2010, firstly that service should be disabled and removed.
Also it modifies and locks the host file, remove entries inside of that, it downloads stuff from it’s web site if you open like Google or Yahoo of all countries. Like http://www.google.com.tr or http://www.yahoo.co.uk
Keep here posted if anybody success.
you know all you mac guys make it sound like they never have any trouble. we have 3 new mac technical support companies opened in last year. If more people used mac maybe these malicous software nuts would target the mac nuts so they will just shut up. a computer is a computer, mac was not sent to us from the computing gods to make our life free of pc’s.
hi guys,
Antivirus 2010 has been on my computer for a few days now. tried everything to remove it.i am running windows XP pro. have tried system restore, but,says can not restore (have tried several restore points) have no access to internet on pc, have downloaded anti mal/spy ware onto usb on laptop (can access internet via wireless connection) and loaded onto pc
but can’t open any of them and they cant update as most of them require network connection. have also tried this in safe mode. have followed instructuions about processes/ files etc. but none of the names for these mntiond are visible , yes i have made all files veiwable. i am stuck, please can some one help?
Somebody correctly suggested that the guys that design this virus read these posting too and every time somebody comes up with what seems to be a good fix, they come up with a counter-measure. I ended up re-installing my OS after it would not even let me get into the Safe mode. It’s meaningless to call on the rogue programmers’ good manners and feelings, as they have none. The only trait they have is greed.