WinAntivirusPro (Win Antivirus Pro) 3.8 Removal Instructions
April 28th, 2008 | by Alex |WinAntivirusPro 3.8 Descriptions:
WinAntivirusPro 3.8, previously known as XP Antivirus 2008, is a nasty counterfeit antispyware that degrades the performance of your machine or endangers your privacy. It is also known as WinAntivirus Pro or Win Antivirus Pro by many people. No matter what it calls or where it is originated, it’s an offending code that resides in your computer to create fears and nightmares for the computer users. Technically, WinAntivirusPro usually come up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. WinAntivirusPro normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase WinAntivirusPro.
Likely error messages include, “NOTICE: You have not completed viruses and spyware scan. If your computer has viruses, spyware and adware trojans, it can cause your private and billing information leaks [sic], unpredictable or erratic system behavior, freezes, crashes, or permanent damage to your PC. WinAntivirusPro ver 3.8 can perform a quick and completely FREE scan of your system for viral and spyware infections. Would you like WinAntivirusPro ver 3.8 to scan for, and if found, remove any malicious software now? (Recommended)”
It is very important to remove all the components of of the WinAntivirusPro 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 WinAntivirusPro, we have produced a manual removal instructions to help you to get rid of this headache. Good luck!
Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility
Manual Removal Instructions:
Unregister WinAntivirusPro DLL Files:
(Learn how to do this)
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll
Stop WinAntivirusPro Processes:
(Learn how to do this)
WinAntivirusPro.exe
WinAntivirusProUpdate.exe
Find and Delete these WinAntivirusPro:
(Learn how to do this)
WinAntivirusPro.exe
WinAntivirusProUpdate.exe
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll
WinAntivirusPro.lnk
WinAntivirusPro on the Web.lnk
WinAntivirusPro.url
Uninstall WinAntivirusPro.lnk
Remove WinAntivirusPro Registry Values:
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HKEY_USERS\Software\WinAntivirusPro
Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility
9 Responses to “WinAntivirusPro (Win Antivirus Pro) 3.8 Removal Instructions”
By theboss on Apr 27, 2008 | Reply
I found winantiviruspro on my computer after i came back from a business trip. I have no ideas what the kids did to it.
Please advise if I need to take it to GeekSquad. I hate to spend more money to make bestbuy rich.
By Nancy on Apr 27, 2008 | Reply
Don’t underestimate Winantiviruspro. I have been battling for 2 hours but still no avail.
By tommy on Apr 27, 2008 | Reply
This Winantivirus b*tch is nasty. Please leave me alone!!!
By william on Apr 27, 2008 | Reply
I cannot find winantivirus pro dll files. What’s next? I don’t mind to spend money to fix my laptop. I need it for my job.
By sandeep on Apr 29, 2008 | Reply
HI everybody
I solved my problem I got that WinAntiviruspro in internet that came and installed in my PC and continuous apear window to purchase the product by the help of this sight I completely removed the that antivirus with windows task manager.First I did process end of that Antivirus And searched in files and folder and deleted it there.
By dd on Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
what a load - you guys are stumbling - Task Manager won’t even fully appear - how can you stop processes you cannot get to. Remove the HD, connect it to another PC and delete ethe files. Re-install the HD. Then use your spyware utils to get rid of the rest of it.
By atek one on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
about a month agò I was asked by the restaurant owner to clean the win antivirus from her machine. I was sucessful in cleaning the system. I followed the instructions given on this site and within a week eliminated the exe and dll files plaguing the computer. reinstalled the norton virus protection system and all was well.
on the 4th of july, the program reinstalled itself. this time much more malicious, it used to pop up ads to purchase the program every few minutes and reroute the web browser to a sell page, it housed itself in the task bar in the lower left corner and would pop up balloons saying you have viruses and need to buy this program.
this new version seems to eliminate all .exe files from programs that windows would use to combat this virus/worm. it shows a win32.dll file is not found when you attempt to ‘regedit’ from the run prompt. it inhibits you from being able to run norton, it also stops you from picking destination folders for downloads and doesn’t even download the file. (it opens a window with a :save as: or cancel prompt and shows the link and file name), I attempted to run spyhunter and that .exe file was not found either.
has anyone seen this version yet? if so, please share your experience and any possible remedies. I am baffled at this time.
By Rob on Jul 20, 2008 | Reply
Here is my experience with this so far and keep in mind I’m not a super tech person but an above average user level. First thing you have to realize is this IS NOT an antivirus program and it is lying about finding any viruses on your computer. It hijacks your web browser so sooner or later that stupid ad asking for your credit card will appear. That is this programs sole purpose, to get your credit card information!
Now, my experience to date:
A friend had WinAntiVirusPro ver 3.8 on her computer that I think has been rendered inoperable as of now. The following is what I did that seems to have worked for now (I’ll have to go back and manually make sure the files listed on this page are gone just to make sure):
Right after starting her computer the WinAntiVirusPro started up and pretended to be doing a scan, at that point (while it was still scanning Hah Hah) I right-clicked on the task bar to go to task manager and under the Applications tab WinAntiVirusPro was listed as a running application which I selected with the mouse and then I clicked on End Task and it disappeared. At that point I went to the C:/Program Files directory and found a folder listed as WinAntivirusPro and deleted it (On a previous attempt when I tried to delete this folder and WinAntiVirusPro was running on the computer I was told I didn’t have permission but this time, after stopping program via Task Manager, I had no problem deleting it). Once that was done I ran a free application called SuperAntiSpyware, installed it, and ran it (scanning all drives connected to her system) hoping it would delete the .dll files and registry values (I’m not a super geek and don’t know if it did, it looked like it found them but that’s what I’ll be checking on a follow-up visit). After running the SuperAntiSpyware program, deleting the threats it found, I restarted the computer and there was no sign of that irritating WinAntiVirusPro. Then we installed System Suite 8 (an ok collection of antivirus, antispyware, and tools program) since she had NO antivirus/antispyware type software on her system. I would have opted for Norton Internet Security but one of her friends convinced her that System Suite 8 was the one to get. Did a full system scan after installing and so far no sign of the WinAntiVirusPro. Like I said, now that I found the names of the .dll files and other program files on this board I’ll be going back to make sure they were found and removed. We left the SuperAntiSpyware on her system as a double layer of protection since it seemed to do a pretty good job so far. During installation it even had an option to keep her home page which I accepted (preventing it from being hijacked which this WinAntiVirusPro does do, that’s why you can’t do anything through your web browser without ending up at the $49.95 page).
WARNING: DO NOT go to the web site winantiviruspro.com (3 W’s in front of it) at all and don’t even think about typing it in just to check it out, it will attack your computer (and my Norton Internet Security on my own personal computer let me know it blocked it thank goodness). The web site winantiviruspro.net web site is just the same page that keeps popping up asking for your credit card. According to WhoIs Domain both these web sites are in Kiev, Ukraine which says a lot, like Russian Mob.
I hope this helps some of you. It irritated the heck out of me when I thought this was my friend’s antivirus software going bananas while I was thinking it was a real program and I was trying to find the makers of the program for a removal tool. That’s how I ended up at that web site that tried to attack my computer, I was looking for contact information. After I revisit my friend’s computer I’ll post a follow up in about a week to let y’all know if I find any remnants of the WinAntiVirusPro in the .dll files or registry.
By deeds_ on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
ok soo from where i stand i got everything gone except shlwapi.dll and wininet.dll i could delete alot of them but there is still one of each left that i cannot delete it says make sure disc is not write protected or may still be in use or sumthing like that (keep in mind i am ok with computers nothing close to good)it seems that the problem with it hijacking my homepage and other pages is gone and it doesent boot up when i restart but i cant get rid of those files wut can i do i realize that this is an old forum so if someone reads this and can help me it is greatly appriciated because i have no clue wut to do. Do u think safe mode will help? please if anyone know just drop a line i will return to this site 1 a week to see thanks alot DEEDS