Remove XP Antispyware 2010
February 24th, 2010 | by Alex |XP Antispyware 2010 Descriptions:
XP Antispyware 2o10, also known as XP Antispyware, XP Antivirus Pro, or XP Antivirus Pro 2010, is a rogue anti-virus application designed to cheat on computer users and make them purchase this fake software. We advise you to be extremely careful with it. XP Antispyware 2010 is nothing more than scam. Be sure you don’t get trapped.
The malicious tool is based on Trojans and it can steal into your PC without your knowledge. Usually, it hides under the online scanners and just as you click, it gets to your computer.
Don’t ever install XP Antispyware 2010 on your own will. It will damage your machine. If you already have this rogue on your PC, be sure to follow our site and remove it.
Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility
Manual XP Antispyware 2010 Removal Instructions:
Stop These XP Antispyware 2010 Processes:
(Learn how to do this)
av.exe
Find and Delete These XP Antispyware 2010 Files:
(Learn how to do this)
av.exe
Remove These XP Antispyware 2010 Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1? %*”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1? %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1? %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “%1? %*”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “firefox.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “firefox.exe” -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “av.exe” /START “iexplore.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “AntiVirusOverride” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirewallOverride” = “1″
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14 Responses to “Remove XP Antispyware 2010”
By mk on Feb 24, 2010 | Reply
This really helped
By david on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
i followed the steps and got rid of the virus thank you so very much for that
however i’m pretty sure i messed up somewhere whenever i try to run something (.exe) a quick launch prompt that states “this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. create and association in the folder options control panel.”
I can still run my stuff, i just have to open the file (open an html file to start firefox, i can’t run it any other way)
what would i associate the .exe file type so i can run my stuff like normal again?
By Maria Mitchell on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
I cannot find the av.exe file for XP Antispyware 2010 so I can delete it from my task manager. I can’t get rid of this virus application. Please help.
By Marlin Moses-Clark on Mar 3, 2010 | Reply
Did you ever get an answer to this? Now I don’t get the C: drive can’t open message but I do have to do the same thing as you…how do we get this resolved?
By mosesclark on Mar 3, 2010 | Reply
Did you get an answer to this?
By nmk on Mar 3, 2010 | Reply
I’m now having the same problem. Anyone know what to do???
By Maxwell on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)
This should fix .exe files not working.
By Jennifer on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
The Anti-Virus 2010 attack is being a pain in my ass. I’m having a difficult time even finding the bloody thing. It’s over taken my Windows Defender so each time I bring it up it instead brings up AV2010. When I search for any of the files recomended I get nothing.
Anyone else having this problem? More importently, has anyone else having this problem found a solution, because I’m at m wits end here and have resorted to manually going through the entire computer in hopes of accidetly falling accross it.
By Alex on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply
Hello everyone,
For all of you that are experienced troubles with EXE association please follow this steps:
1. Click “Start”->”Run…”-> type here regedit and click OK.
2. In the left pane click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Classes -> exefile -> shell -> open -> command.
On the right pane you should have a registry key with Name (Default). If you have such key right-click on (Default),select Modify and in field “Value data” put “%1″ %* (please put this exactly as shown). If you don`t have (Default) key here right-click on the empty space on the left pane, select New->String value. As name type (Default), after that right-click on the (Default) and follow the instructions above.
By Fx DUPONCHELLE on Mar 11, 2010 | Reply
The registry, the .exe file are associated as “secfile” other “exefile”.
You must change this and search on registry some entry about “secfile”.
I have keep the entry after be sure none other .exe are associated to secfile.
(Search “.exe”, key (only) whith entire word).
Good luck.
By Brian B on Mar 15, 2010 | Reply
I’m in the same boat as far as the “this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. create and association in the folder options control panel.†prblem is concerned, however, I can’t even run “regedit now. Any suggestions?
By Patty on Mar 22, 2010 | Reply
Followed the above steps and virus is gone. Although I am having the same problem, cannot open programs or registry to fix the file association. Anyone have an answer? Thanks!
By Alex on Mar 30, 2010 | Reply
Hello Patty, I think i have a solution to your problem. Please make a new text file with notepad on your desktop, select all the following:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@=”exefile”
“Content Type”=”application/x-msdownload”
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile]
copy and paste it in the file on your desktop. Then click File-Save as … and name the new file Regfix.reg (be sure that the file has extention .reg not .txt). Double-click on the .reg file, click OK when asked.
Please post the result here.
By Dave on Apr 23, 2010 | Reply
Alex,
You are a star. I had managed to delete the virus, but was at the point of all of these other users. I could run the registry editor, but couldn’t get rid of the keys or set up the right associations. The registry fix excerpt you post above worked perfectly for me.
I wasted 5 hours of my life getting rid of this f’ing spyware. I hope they catch the people that made it and shoot them.
On behalf of all the other people affected by this, thanks for closing the final hole.