Remove Contraviro (Removal Info)

June 20th, 2009 | by Alex |

Contraviro Descriptions:

Contraviro is a recently-discovered fake antivirus software that created to infest your peaceful Internet life. It is important to know that Contraviro is not a legit software. As a rule, Contraviro issues misleading and exaggerated results. Contraviro usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Vundo Trojan, Virus or fake software. Contraviro will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the paid version of Contraviro. This has become an old (but still working) trick from the evil creators of spyware. Not only does Contraviro cause your machine to slow down dramatically, it would also put your privacy and data in risk if it’s not immediately removed.

Here we created a free manual removal instruction to combat this nasty Contraviro. Hope it helps. Good luck!

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Manual Contraviro Removal Instructions:

Stop Contraviro Processes:
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Contraviro.exe

Find and Delete these Contraviro Files:
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%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\daily.cvd
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\Drvfltip.sys
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\hjengine.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\IEAddon.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\main.cvd
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\MFC71.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\MFC71ENU.DLL
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\msvcp71.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\msvcr71.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\pthreadVC2.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\siglsp.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\uninstall.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Contraviro\Contraviro.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Contraviro.lnk
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\ext.dll
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\System.dll
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Contraviro.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Contraviro\How to Register Contraviro.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Contraviro\Register Contraviro.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Contraviro\Uninstall.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Contraviro\Contraviro.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Contraviro.lnk

Remove Contraviro Registry Values:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Contraviro”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{C0E56AC2-9F72-436E-B6E7-AEC28AF9E4EB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CCB5551D-8594-4999-85F9-1E3EABCB95AC}

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