Remove MS Antivirus/msa.exe (Removal Info)

April 1st, 2009 | by Alex |

MS Antivirus Descriptions:

MS Antivirus, also known as MSAntivirus, or MS Antivirus 2008, is not from Microsoft. Please keep this in mind. MS Antivirus is a copy of Vista Antivirus 2008 or its variants. MS Antivirus is a counterfeit antispyware that devastates the computer world. MS Antivirus usually come up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. MS Antivirus normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase MS Antivirus.

It is very critical to remove MS Antivirus and all its components. To effectively remove MS Antivirus, we have created a manual removal instructions. Make sure you backup all important data before you proceed. The removal process requires some patience and willingness to experiment. Here are the things that you need to do in order to remove MS Antivirus.

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Manual MS Antivirus Removal Instructions:

Stop MS Antivirus Processes:
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msa.exe
msantivirus.exe

Find and Delete these MS Antivirus:
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msa.exe
msantivirus.exe
MSAntivirus.lnk
UninstallMSAntivirus.lnk
c:\Program Files\MSA
c:\Program Files\MSA\MSA.cpl
c:\Program Files\MSA\MSA.exe
c:\Program Files\MSA\msa0.dat
c:\Program Files\MSA\msa1.dat
c:\WINDOWS\system32\MSA.cpl
c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\MSAntivirus.lnk

Remove MS Antivirus Registry Values:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AntiVirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MSA
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus”

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  1. 22 Responses to “Remove MS Antivirus/msa.exe (Removal Info)”

  2. By john.obed on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply

    Antivirus 2008,2009 is always pop up from my pc and give some false alert, because I already had antispyrway and antivirus install in my pc to which I trust. I want to get rid of antivirus 2008 which keep poping up every now and then.It’s really annoying. please I need help to remove it.

  3. By brianm523 on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

    My sister just got this on her machine yesterday, along with the Windows Antivirus 2009. I suspect they were bundled together, but can’t say for sure. I was able to get rid of the Windows AV2009, but a couple of hours after that was done, this one showed up, and now I can’t even open the “Run” option in the start menu to get to a command prompt. I’m going to try to run it tomorrow in safe mode and attempt to remove all the files that way. Wish me luck…

  4. By chris on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

    Just did a systems restore, converting back to a couple of weeks ago and things seem fine so far.

  5. By anthony on Aug 30, 2008 | Reply

    Gosh! MS Antivirus popups does not go away regardless of what I tried. Please help!

  6. By TomS on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply

    MS Antivirus is nearly impossible to remove with my limited knowledge. I would be glad if someone can offer me an easier solution. I can’t deal with MS Antivirus junks anymore.

  7. By Tiki on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply

    Only if you guys don’t surf porn then you wouldn’t have got MS Antivirus :)

  8. By PAUL on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply

    it propper messed up my PC
    wouldnt let me go on to any internet sites, just kept bringing up there adverts.
    and loads of popups saying download this antivirus program… stupied ******* they gave the virus to me in the first place!!!!!

    removed my compter, start menu, restricted access to take manager too!!!

    i restarted the pc… went into safe mode with networking, into administrator (not my username as that was infected still)

    chose a system restore point which was 6days ago. then let it restart… then folowed the steps above to be safe… not much was there. if anything at all.. and everything seems ok now!¬!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    PHEWWWW!!

  9. By Heather on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply

    Need help getting this off your computer? Email me I can help you. Missy_queen@yahoo.com.
    Please put antivirus2008 in subject line so I will open it and not delete it.

  10. By Meteor on Sep 7, 2008 | Reply

    I couldn’t uninstall ms antivirus.

  11. By kiti on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

    IS there any other way to manually remove the virus if I can’t access the registries or the task manager… not even your C drive..??

  12. By kersey on Sep 22, 2008 | Reply

    Ms antivirus is a joke. I could not move the mouse anymore. The light is on and on.

  13. By John on Sep 27, 2008 | Reply

    Hehe… stop watching p*rns! I don’t have any sympathy on your guys. MS Antivirus would not get into your computer without a reason. Enjoy!

  14. By SHOTUTOO on Sep 28, 2008 | Reply

    SCREW U TIKI

  15. By Chito on Oct 4, 2008 | Reply

    Ha ha yeah tiki. We don’t need moral counseling, we just need the penicillin.

  16. By baz on Apr 11, 2009 | Reply

    Tiki…I got it looking for a crack….um not what you typically think of the types of crack us men look for. But software crack serial etc. So, kindly keep your hypocritical female mind from thinking too much and shut it!

  17. By Brian Davison on May 23, 2009 | Reply

    So TIKI, how did you find out that this was only on porn sites then? :-)

  18. By Brian Davison on May 23, 2009 | Reply

    Ps it’s my son’s computer that’s infected

  19. By Brahema on Jun 3, 2009 | Reply

    I have this MS thing on my pc … but i cant find any of “msa” files … i just have (msa.exe) in C:\WINDOWS\msa.exe ..
    i always try to stop msa.exe from the Task Manager ..(it can be helped)it return in a short time .. what shoud i do with it .. PLZ help

  20. By Gabe on Jun 11, 2009 | Reply

    I’m confused.

    I have a process that runs even after i kill it sometimes called msa.exe *32 (I’m on vista x64 btw) and as far as I can tell, this only does one thing: it makes sound clips from advertisers start randomly playing in the background. I kill it, it stops, then the process is back but it usually takes 30-45 minutes for it to begin with the advertising again. Is this the same msa.exe as here, or is it some hoax/adware kinda thing?

    PS I found the source of the process, it’s a file called msa.exe in the C:/Windows/ directory. I am afraid to delete it on the off chance it has made a system process or something dependent on it.

  21. By Malachy on Jun 22, 2009 | Reply

    I got this some way I do not know of, when I’m doing something on my computer a sound from like the radio or something comes up and when I go onto internet explorer I get the MS Antivirus advertisement and I go to task manager I see msa.exe, b.exe or rarely I get c.exe and I’m wondering if they are somewhat related so I’m hoping this will get rid of both of them.

    PS You’re sexy.

  22. By Chris on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply

    Ok, I just completely removed it from my computer. Followed the above directions, but to remove it from C:\WINDOWS\ you have to kill it from task manager real quick. Kill it, then right away delete it from the windows directory before it can start up again. Don’t worry, this isn’t a critical system file and you’re computer wont mess up. Then delete the reg entries listed above, and you’re good to go.

  23. By Chris on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply

    Oh, and by the way, yes I got the a.exe, b.exe, and c.exe also. To remove those, kill them from the task manager, then navigate to this directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Current_User\Local Settings\Temp. Obviously in current user its gonna be the user name in xp or vista that these processes are staring under. Then find a.exe, b.exe, and c.exe and delete them. Then those won’t start up anymore either. Hop I helped.

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