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XP Antispyware 2009 Descriptions:
XP Antispyware 2009, also known as Antispyware XP 2009, is one of the latest and hottest counterfeit antispyware that devastates the Internet community. It is believed that Antispyware XP 2009 is simply a clone of Antispyware 2008 XP. Antispyware XP 2009 is not a real Antispyware application. Confused? That’s exactly what their intention is, which is to confuse and distract us. In fact, Antispyware XP 2009 is an useless piece of application to scare the innocent users. Don’t trust it. Antispyware XP 2009 usually come up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. Antispyware XP 2009 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase Antispyware XP 2009 or XP Antispyware 2009. Stay alerted!
It is important to remove all the components of XP Antispyware 2009 and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader). To effectively remove Antispyware XP 2009, we have created a manual removal instructions to take care of this. Be sure to back up the data first. Good luck!
Manual Antispyware XP 2009 Removal Instructions:
Stop Antispyware XP 2009 Processes:
(Learn how to do this)
AntispywarXP2009.exe
xp_antispyware.exe
brastk.exe
Find and Delete Antispyware XP 2009 Files:
(Learn how to do this)
%profile%\application data\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009\as2008xp.exe
AntispywarXP2009.exe
setup_100527_3_.exe
%profile%\application data\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009\as2008xp.exe
setup_100527_3_.exe
AntispywarXP2009.exe
ntdll64.dll
setup.exe
brastk.exe
%desktopdirectory%\AntispywarXP2009.lnk
%profile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\AntispywarXP2009.lnk
%programs%\antispyware 2008\AntispywarXP2009.lnk
ntdll64.dll
setup.exe
antispyware-2009.exe
_scui.cpl
avengn.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\xp_antispyware.exe
%programs%\xp_antispyware\uninstall.lnk
%programs%\xp_antispyware\xp_antispyware.lnk
%system%\_scui.cpl
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\msvcr80.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\pthreadvc2.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\uninstall.exe
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\wscui.cpl
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\xp_antispyware.cfg
wini10431.exe
xp_antispyware.exe
%desktopdirectory%\xp_antispyware.lnk
%profile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\xp_antispyware.lnk
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\avengn.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\comp.dat
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\data\daily.cvd
install.exe
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\htmlayout.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\microsoft.vc80.crt.manifest
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\msvcm80.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\msvcp80.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\msvcr80.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\msvcp80.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\microsoft.vc80.crt\msvcm80.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\htmlayout.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\avengn.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\pthreadvc2.dll
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\uninstall.exe
%program_files%\xp_antispyware\xp_antispyware.exe
wini10431.exe
install.exe
Remove Antispyware XP 2009 Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ieupdate
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009 lgid
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009 lid
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009 pid
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009\2.1 installtime
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009\2.1 start counter
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\secure solutions\AntispywarXP2009\2.1\config
How much will Geek Squad charge to fix this problem?
I have deleted the brastk file numerous times, in normal and in safe mode but it keeps reappearing (even in SAFE mode). What can allow this to happen? Have I missed something else?
I have restored to a date before I think I got the first infection and it is true I don’t get the balloon message now, but I still can’t run Norton.
Arghhhhhhhhhh.
THIS IS DRIVING ME FXKING INSANE, I CAN’T FIX IT AT ALL. I HAVE DONE ALL THE ABOVE TO NO AVAIL.
I want to maim the cxnt who created this fxcking virus!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!! RSU and by extension Bart Stratton.
The procedure worked perfectly. I was unable to delete all files, but the renaming and inserting a blank file worked. I used Note Pad to create the files, be sure to change the extension to “all files” when saving. After saving immediately go to Windows Explorer click the file, go to properties and change the file to “READ” only. Do not delete the new brastk.exe
Good luck.
Note to Norbert –
I don’t think you need to pay the Geek Squad, if you follow RSU’s instructions. They worked for me.
PCS –
Try this.
1. Rename brastk.exe some other name, such as abrastk.exe.
2. Now create an empty file in notepad an name it brastk.exe.
3. After saving it go into windows explorer, find the file brastk.exe and change the properties to “Read” only.
4. Restart the computer.
5. Find abrastk.exe and delete it.
6. Do not do anythng with the empty file brastk.exe
Hope this helps.
some how it got onto my lap top. it has disabled my internet connection. how can i get rid of it with out getting to the internet. and when i go to the change/remove programs thing, whenever i click remove XPAntispyware2009 pops up and tells me that it is already installed. what can i do?
well thangs have improved a little – I seem to have stopped the bubble coming up after renaming brastk and creating a dummy one, but that only really masks part of the problem. I can see in my registry several entries referring to brastk.exe Should i now be doing something with these entries? How do I remove it from the msconfig startup list?
Also – I sometimes get a shield attached to the Turn Off icon when called up from the Turn Off Computer. It tells me to click it to install improtant updates. Maybe I’m being paranoid, but I don’t trust this – it isn’t always there and I fear it is another route into reinfecting my machine. Has anyone else seen this?
Thank you JD for this:
By JD on Oct 26, 2008 | Reply
Finally figured this out. Besides deleting the directory, C:\Program Files\XP_AntiSpyware directory, go to c:\windows\system32 and delete the exe named brastk.exe. You may need to stop it from running in task manager. This will get rid of the red X running in your program tray.
And Bart Stratton for this:
By Bart Stratton on Oct 29, 2008 | Reply
Here is how I killed it. search “*.exe†Sort by date. For me, this was the same day. delete all the .exe files that installed at the time you got the virus. You should see wini101960.exe, AclntUsr.exe, brastk.exe and some others that all modified at the same time. Delete these files. The files I named I had to bring up my task manager to stop these processes and delete them. It worked for me. I hope it works for you.
That worked for me and it’s gone, Thanks again
I was infected with Antispyware XP 2009 and it’s associated viruses on 10/26. After a week of searching for and deleting files and such I am almost back to normal operation. I have lost my connection to my ISP and have tried System Restore several times in the safe mode with no success. Am I missing something or is my next option reformatting my hard drive?
I tried system restore don’t help
I found it useful that if I removed it from the icon area by going to the task mgr..then going to the control panel and deleating it..and then going to the recycling bin and removing it there..I haven’t had any problems(crossing my fingers). Hope this helps.
thank you so much!
this goes to everyone on this page!
the virus attacked my computer on 10-21-08 and i was able to fix it today in about an hour!
i found this site last night and i am seriously in everyone’s debt. this is seriously a life saver! one thing is to make sure that you change the dummy to read-only! if you dont, it will go in and change it to the file youre trying to erase!
Thank you sooooooo much for helping me delete that annoying antispyware2009 crap from my pc!
If those clowns at antispyware think that by trying to hijack someone else’s pc to hawk their product and force it down other people’s throat to make them buy it, they are freaking dead wrong.
I’ll will never, never, never support (by buying) anything put out by these jackasses!
this is what i just did to my daughter’s laptop when she got the virus.
1. stopped the brastk.exe process using task manager
2. ran msconfig and modified startup.ini by unchecking brastk.exe (this prevents brastk.exe from initiating after rebooting)
3. restarted the computer and thankfully, the damn red X didn’t reappear
4. went to the Program Files in the C: drive
5. deleted the AntiSpyware2009 folder
6. restarted the computer again and voila! the damn thing is gone….
hope this helps
Yaeh….My son was using my computer when all of the sudden this box pops up saying my computer was infected with like 34 viruses and spyware and whatever, then it offered up a quick fix solution , the ONLY WAY TO FIX IT….lol , was to download ….Antispyware XP 2009 …. well stupid and completely panicked me figured that was my only option. I was told it was like $ 49 something , then it ended up being like $ 80 something …. AND THE PROGRAM DOES NOT EVEN WORK PROPERLY !!!!! It seemed to work fine…AT FIRST ! BUT , a week later it has started acting weird, freezing up, saying stuff like….VIUS PROTECTION NOT FOUND! With a link that says ….RECOMENDATIONS? …..IT LEADS TO A PAGE WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE THE PROGRAM …ALL OVER AGAIN !!!!! I EMAILED THEIR SUPPORT TEAM AND THEY SAID I NEEDED TO UNINSTALL THE PROGRAM … THEN REINSTALL IT , OK …RIGHT !!!! SO THEY CAN CHARGE MY CREDIT CARD AGAIN. I WANT MY MONEY BACK !!!! THIS PROGRAM IS A SCAM THAT CARRIES ITS OWN VIRUSES AND SPYWARE ….BE CAREFUL !!!! I NOTICED THERE IS A TROJAN IN THE UNINSTALL PART….. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I MIGHT GO ABOUT GETTING A REFUND?
I don’t get it. Can’t they just find out where the money is being transferred to and find the jackass who is behind this?
Here is the deal everyone, I have had 3 computers with this issue. It doesnt matter how many hours I spend I have had to WIPE ALL the computers that were infected.
It’s safe to say that anyone who paid money to this Antivirus 2009 has lost it. These guys are anonymous crooks and this is one of the most remorseless viruses ever.
What it does (among other things), it takes over your browser, so whenever you google anything it redirects you to a page alarming you about your infection and telling you you need to buy their antivirus software. Which when you do, and you send them money, just loads even more crap onto your computer that you will have one hell of a time dealing with.
If this virus is on your computer and you attempt to google something, click the “Cached” results rather than regular results.
I shouldn’t have to tell you that you better not put any kind of sensitive personal info out there while this beast is oozing its way thru your machine. Also, even when you think you have it removed, you might not be able to trust your machine anymore because rootkit files get on there and hide. So I wouldn’t really want to use a machine infected with this virus for online banking or anything like that, even when you think you have it wiped out because sorry to say, you may not have it wiped out after all.
Just my 2c, sorry to be the bearer of bad news on this virus
Oh, and I still cannot use Norton or Spy Hunter. Were they uninstalled?
“people” this is the con hacks programmers dream of creating ! it’s praying on fear and panic and it’s a night mare alright ! It’s also, so designed
with anticipation into this thing, of what everyone, normal programmers and home user’s are going to do to get rid of this thing. don’t believe everything you hear out there, this new
Antivirus Pro 2009 is a whole different bread and allot of what your seeing is happening in other malwares and spywares that are becoming common over seas, and much of them are run by same organizations.
Update,Update,Update,Windows systems, and all normal AV programs, that you have had and known for a while to be legit.
My suggestion is before you kill your computer, or this thing does, put in standby mode or shut down That Pc that you suspect has been infected, Don’t blow your money on fear and let this ride out a little while, learn about this one as much as you can from a clean PC and be Care Full. because all these antivirus companys are working on this one still, and some get it right don’t get me wrong here. But what If ?
And for the ones that come on here to criticize people for surfing and living a free life on the internet, than you just don’t know that you even know ? This is a vulnerability problem threw windows systems that may not of been updated because of this malware ! and you may be next don’t forget ? It’s a video Codec infest and it has also been hacked to allot of good web sites e- mail and You Tube and it sucks !!!!!!!!!
These new malware viruses. like so many that are taking hold of our PC’s today, there technology’s are becoming so advanced and complex, I don’t advise removing files and registry values or processes unless you are completely sure you can get it completely right, these malwares can hide allot of stuff on your computer, they change thing’s about themselves all the time now, and i am sorry but just restoring your computer to a pre-date doe’s not remove these malware programs and all that they have infested on to your PC,these
new malware, spyware, antiware, antivirus 2000 somethings are smarter than that, Think about it for a minute ? These huge con artists organizations have been working on all these kind of things for years, and it’s been getting worst because they are getting better than the
legit internet antivirus, anti malware, company’s. The big named and most popular ones.
well good luck folks i will check tomorrow to see if anyone is truly having success to a completely clean PC.
Try to Look up- Attitude Adjustment : Trojans and Malware on the internet. IBM research center PDF.
Hope you can see some more understanding here about these kinds of problems on the net and with
the amount that go’s into them.
“Good luck People” !
Hi,
The answer to this may have already been posted… (i tried reading all the posts but i started to get a headache!)
After the “spawn” of cyber hell got onto to my laptop i can no longer run windows. It either freezes as windows is loading or it opens on the main screen and freezes there.
I’ve tried running in the safe modes (e.g. command prompt & networking etc) but that freezes too.
This thing has totally screwed up my laptop. I can’t even do a systems restore.
I took it to the geek squad, they said they could try to do a system restore (somehow) but it may not completely fix the problem. And i didnt want to spend $100-$200 on them “trying” to fix it, and losing all my data anyway.
Has anyway else had the problem of not being able to open windows (inc. trying thorugh the safe mode), but has somehow managed to find a way???
Keeping my fingers crossed… Thanks Resh
dont b cocky the first time u get it its really easy to shake off your system the next few times it sneaks in it shuts down serch results, virus removal programs, and seriously slows the cpu down. but u no ur prob an xpert.>dumbass<
To all I am so pissed.. About two weeks ago I started getting the message that my computer was infected with a virus. I thought maybe one of my kids picked it up from one of the teen web-sites. No knowing I downloaded and paid for this Antispyware XP2009 and there is no way to get you money back I tried.
A bit of good news. I’m thankful I found this web site and followed the instructions of one person who kept getting the big RED X box and I think that mine may be gone. My speed still seems to be a bit slow but we will see.
This is what I did:
I had to close the RED X box because if you don’t it will not let you delete antispyware program.
I deleted all files under my computer that were not there before the date I downloaded this crap.
Then I wen to programs and deleted the Antispyware program.
Finally I went to the recycle bind and deleted everything from there.
I restarted my computer and the RED X box was gone.
Lets hope is works. I was about to throw my computer out the window only because I felt so stupid that I was scammed. Thanks for this website
at the same time, press ctrl, alt, and delete. click on the processes tab and then look through ur files for something like XPantispyware
So, I got this thing back in November and I managed to get rid of it after a couple of very, very long days. Now? I think I have it again. Just ten minutes ago, my anti-virus software was disabled and I had that annoying red circle. Then, all of a sudden, my anti-virus was back up and running, and the red circle was gone. I’m running the software while it still works and then I guess I’ll go from there. Has anyone else had this thing actually appear and then disappear like that? I can’t find any trace of any of the files from the virus on my computer, even though last time, those files were very specifically there. I also don’t have that brastk file in my processes and I can’t find it anywhere. As a safe bet, I’m going to try to redo everything I did last time either before I go to work or when I get home.
This is the most malicious malware ever. I dumped my entire harddrive on my PC but the damn thing is back? I also am infected w/my laptop and no malware or spyware program will remove it. Do I just need to take the computers to a geek-I am not computer-savvy-HELP!!!!
Kim in TN
is there any way to find out who does this? there must be at least a lawsuit to bring.. It seems that it should be (if it isn’t yet,) grounds for crinminal charges
hey buddie i got an idea of how to delete this thing…. im not ot sure but have you tried pulling up the add remove programs list? if you can find it in there it should delete it. hope i helped peace bro gud luck
this mother fucking virus is pissing me off. I hope that fuck up of a person that created this gets it in the ass with a 10 inch un lubed in prison. DROP THE SOAP MOTHERFUCKER. damn this thing is fucking with important buisness files and such if anyone knows anything that can help id be very happy and again FUCK WHO EVER MADE THIS FUCK UP OF A VIRUS. thank you.
I need help. My laptop just got infected with ANTI VIRUS 2009. Sad to say that I install and run a lot of times everytime they prompts me to do it as my laptop was infected according to the many small screens popping up. But it never ends. So, I got to the other desk computer and google what is ANTI VIRUS 2009, and i was shocked to death to know that I was stupid donwloading it not knowing that it was the culprit. I switched off my laptop several times already but it never come up to windows anymore. But this Anti virus 2009 small screens keep on coming up and telling me to Install and run Malware and Anti virus 2008. I dunno what to do. I cant even go to any website as even the START button in the computer is not appearing anymore. Please heelp..
thanks
Guys, the system restore worked perfectly for me. I got this today by downloading a video on BMW control arm assemblies. Go to Start, select “Help and Support’, select “Undo changes to your computer with System Restore” under the ‘Pick a task’ section, select a bolded restore date before you got the virus, kiss it goodbye. It worked for me, but I heard it has not worked for everyone. My browser is back, my system tray is clean, and no BS popups. totally Gone.
GT
Your advice worked like a charm (getting rid of Virus icon )bottom right of screen!
Great job on the step by step instructions too!!
My boyfriend got this friggin virus and now cannot open IE or even get to the start menu to do a system restore. Now what?
hola yo quiero saber xq la vez q quiero entrar q alguna pagina de google me salta este programa y no me deja entrar…
Estoy cansada q me salte eso….
How do I send in a complaint about Windows Live OneCare security disc & stuff. I had the disc then resubscribed & still got virused to the point I take to take my laptop in to be repaired. Please HELP????
it is woderful
Just sue the support team
got it out of nowhere and was terrible. went online to find out how to get rid of it and to find out exactly what it was. instructions i found were overcomplicated. just decided to do a system restore to the previous day and got rid of it easily.
I have got this twice. First t8me it deleted a system file and then I couldn’t run it ever again. The second time round yesterday when itput me in a ln infinite boot loop. I am sure that this is the cause of it because this is the last thing I see before my conputer is seriously harmed. But you go to your start menu, then go to run, then you type in regedit. Then you follow the directions posted up there. And this 13 year old kid knows what he is ta/king about.
This CRAP is annoying the hell out of me, It does NOT stop popping up I tried looking for this piece of junk of a “Anti”Spyware in my programs, NOPE I can’t find it, My dad probably got it from an email cause his dumb #$% opens everything, any who. PLEASE , How do I take this crap off my computer! Please help me ! It says ‘XP Anti-Spyware 2011′
I never downloaded it or anything, PLEASE help me !