Anti-Virus-1 Removal (AV1.exe and Antivirus 1 Info)

March 10th, 2009 | by Alex |

Anti-Virus-1 Descriptions:

Anti-Virus-1, also referred as Antivirus1 or Anti Virus 1 by some people, is the latest and hottest counterfeit software that created to ruin our computers. It is undoubtedly one of the worst malwares we have seen in a while. If you have not already recognized this, Anti-virus-1 is essentially a copy of the notorious Antivirus 360, but then dresses itself differently to mislead the innocent victims. Anti-virus-1 usually comes up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. Sometimes you can get infected by visiting some malicious websites.

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Anti-virus-1 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase Anti-virus-1. Likely fake security popup alerts include, “Spyware activity alert! Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. It is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs, including logins and passwords from online banking sessions, eBay, PayPal.” And“Your Anti-virus-1 copy is unregistered. Microsoft Security recommends you to activate your antivirus protection software.”

It is very critical to remove Anti-virus-1 and all its components. The removal process requires some patience and willingness to experiment. Don’t be afraid to try as it’s probably the best way to get rid of Anti Virus 1. Be sure to back up the data first. Good luck!

Anti-virus-1 Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility

Manual Anti-virus-1 Removal Instructions:

Stop Anti-virus-1 Processes:
(Learn how to do this)
av1.exe
Antivirus1.exe

Find and Delete Anti-virus-1 Files:
(Learn how to do this)
av1.exe
Antivirus1.exe
Anti-virus-1.lnk
uninstall Anti-virus-1.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Anti-virus-1.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Anti-virus-1
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Anti-virus-1\Anti-virus-1.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Anti-virus-1\Help.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Anti-virus-1\Registration.lnk

Remove Anti-virus-1 Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run Anti-virus-1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\13376694984709702142491016734454
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “13376694984709702142491016734454″

Anti-virus-1 Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility

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  1. 31 Responses to “Anti-Virus-1 Removal (AV1.exe and Antivirus 1 Info)”

  2. By dave on Feb 18, 2009 | Reply

    You gotta be kidding. I was looking for information online and this anti-virus-1 thing popped up and asked me to purchase it. Listen! No way! I’d rather get a new iMac!

  3. By terminator on Feb 18, 2009 | Reply

    Mac has viruses too. LOL. You wouldn’t get a virus if you don’t surf the web especially porns or crack sites. That’s how I normally got them.

  4. By Matt on Feb 22, 2009 | Reply

    Anti-Virus-1 is very much the same as Antivirus 360. If you look up the AV360 removal instructions on this website, there are a lot of good advices in the comments session. It works fairely well for me.

  5. By Louise on Feb 22, 2009 | Reply

    Thanks so much for this information. We were going crazy trying to get rid of the popups. This worked.

  6. By internet cop on Feb 22, 2009 | Reply

    I want to put the anti virus 1 creators in jail for a lifetime!!!!!!!

  7. By grant on Feb 22, 2009 | Reply

    i am running windows xp with service pack 3. however, antivirus 1 got into my laptop without much warning. i understand that some people suggested restore the system but i just have too many valuable data in the computer. i would be in big trouble if i lost them. what’s the proper way to delete it so i don’t need to worry about losing the data?

  8. By jesus on Feb 22, 2009 | Reply

    that’s the consequence of surfing porn… lol. i have no sympathy for you guys.

  9. By cheung on Feb 23, 2009 | Reply

    if you are running sp2, just upgrade to sp3. it would overwrite a lot of system files that anti-virus-1 installed and i am pretty sure this would take care of the virus.

  10. By radzman on Feb 24, 2009 | Reply

    the antivirus is good before my computer and my file

  11. By dr.martens on Feb 25, 2009 | Reply

    I couldn’t find av1.exe after searching the c and d drives. what’s next? the computer is so freaking slow now. :(

  12. By von on Feb 28, 2009 | Reply

    I have no ideas how anti-virus-1 gets installed onto my computer. It’s absolutely screwing up everything. I don’t want to bring it to geeksquad since they will charge a lot for fixing it. damn it!!!

  13. By Jose on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    I found a new way to delete antivirus 1. I’ll tell you if you stop surfing porn sites.

  14. By Master Zhang on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    System Restore! If this doesn’t work, back up your data and format the hard drive. It’s free. Nobody can help you if you don’t want to help yourself. Virus sucks!

  15. By Dan From WWW on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Jose, go f yourself! Why did you keep saying porns? I didn’t go there. NO where near those sites. Please help. This bitch doesn’t go away…

  16. By vegas on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Let’s all switch to Linux which is probably the best OS out there and more importantly it’s free!!!! Linux is more reliable and anti-virus-1 could not touch it.

  17. By Jessie on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Let’s get real. I got this damn thing without going anywhere near porn sites, too.

  18. By Dave on Mar 2, 2009 | Reply

    Beware of all sites. Bots search for and exploit weaknesses of any web sites that they can find. XP 2009 tried to infect my computer while I was looking for a Whinnie the Pooh site for my daughter. So, apparently, they are attempting to get children to click on the “OK” button as well.

  19. By iphone on Mar 2, 2009 | Reply

    What’s going on with the people who put Antivirus 1 out on the web? The economy is bad enough but now you guys are putting a nasty virus out there to destroy my computer. Get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20. By maria on Mar 2, 2009 | Reply

    thank you so much

  21. By tom on Mar 2, 2009 | Reply

    IE7 is completely ruined by AV1. Fortunately, I always have FireFox as the secondary browser, which I use to access this blog. I booted into safe mode. End the running processes from task manager, then restored to one week ago. It’s running much better even I know it’s not completely gone. At least it’s moving now. I’ll keep you guys posted how I do. And BTW, AV1 really stinks.

  22. By av1 killer on Mar 3, 2009 | Reply

    av1 sucks big time! i spent the whole afternoon to take care of this shit. i’ve been so unproductive thanks to this joker. thank you and now go xxxx yourself whoever created this crap. i would sue your ass if i know who installed anti-virus-1 here. you suck!!

  23. By J.J. on Mar 3, 2009 | Reply

    Does this work in Vista? Seems that most people are working in XP environment.

  24. By ben on Mar 3, 2009 | Reply

    I found this in another thread, but it might work for anti virus 1. It doesn’t hurt to try it if you are desperate.

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    By Hua on Dec 12, 2008 | Reply
    I am so lucky that System Restore works fine.

    This is what I did to remove Antivirus 360:

    1) Restart computer into safe mode. (Press F8 immediately after RAM check in Pre-bootup)

    2) Go to Start -> Programs (or Program Files) -> Accessories -> System Tools

    3) Then click on System Restore.

    4) It will open a new window for System Restore. Just pick the “recommended” restore point.

    5) Bingo! Antivirus 360 should be removed after a reboot.

  25. By Prince on Mar 6, 2009 | Reply

    Anti-virus-1 drives me nut. No matter what I tried. It’s still there. I am about to throw it out of the window. please advise.

  26. By Kable on Mar 9, 2009 | Reply

    back up your data, boot with Winows XP CD, delete OS partiotion, reinstall XP, reinstall your programs, restore your data.. surest and quickest way to get rid of it.

  27. By Gay Barr on Mar 9, 2009 | Reply

    need antivirus spyware

  28. By Warren on Mar 10, 2009 | Reply

    My grandma doesn’t surf Pr0n and she got this, so I know it isn’t always pr0n.

    Irritating stupid freaking malware.

  29. By Tait on Mar 14, 2009 | Reply

    To be clear, I agree this is now targeting Kid’s my 12 year installed this last night YIKES !!! I am getting the non-stop “pop ups” etc…and like a comment above CAN NOT re-run my windows XP. Too much on my system to loose. Has anyone tried the above instructions on “Removal” with sucess ? I appreciate any additional input – Thanks !

  30. By Tait on Mar 16, 2009 | Reply

    I did the post above and wanted to follow up. We have WINDOWS/XP – My husand simply went in and the system can “go back” a fews which delated any downlaods from the previous few days. This worked for us – Good luck to all, what a nightmare !

  31. By Tho Han on Mar 25, 2009 | Reply

    I found that this av1 was actually installed as N1 under my vista machine. I believe I got it from downloading one of the free video decoder. I was able to remove it from my computer by deleting the N1 folder under the \program files, also remove it from the RUN registry.

    Good luck.

  32. By qwertyuiop on Apr 19, 2009 | Reply

    do the first option. but instead of av1.exe it was n1.exe on my computer so if u cant find av1.exe try the n1 one. i had this virus on my computer and i was ready to shoot myself!!

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