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Antivirus2008 (Antivirus 2008) Removal Instructions
April 8th, 2008 | by Alex |
Antivirus 2008 Descriptions:

Antivirus 2008 , also known as Antivirus2008, is one of the latest counterfeit antispyware that devastates the wolrd wide web. Antivirus 2008 is a variant of XP Antivirus or WinAntivirusPro. Antivirus 2008 usually come up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. Antivirus 2008 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase Antivirus 2008.

It is very important to remove all the components of of the Antivirus 2008 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 Antivirus 2008, we have created a manual removal instructions which is easy to understand.

Download SpyHunter* Spyware Detection Utility

Manual Antivirus 2008 Removal Instructions:

Unregister Antivirus 2008 DLL Files:
(Learn how to do this)
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll

Stop Antivirus 2008 Processes:
(Learn how to do this)
Antivirus 2008.lnk
Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
Antvrs.exe
AntiVirus2008.exe

Find and Delete these Antivirus 2008:
(Learn how to do this)
AntiVirus2008.exe
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll
Antivirus 2008.lnk
Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk

Remove Antivirus 2008 Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe”

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*The free version of spyhunter is only a scanner (to detect spyware, trojans and malware on your computer). To use the removal tool you have to purchase the full version.

79 Responses to “Antivirus2008 (Antivirus 2008) Removal Instructions”

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By lynn September 5th, 2008
I have tried everything that has been posted with nothing accomplished, i have no task manager, i have tried #64 with no help, please somebody has got to know how to help, even to help me get to task manager, please

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By nathan yost September 4th, 2008
omg ive had this virus for weeks now ive been battlng it but it seems that nothing i do works please will someone help me step by step!

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By steve pallotti September 2nd, 2008
John , #64 , thank You!

That worked for me !

Steve

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By rhyan September 1st, 2008
Hi, ive been infected with this virus before and i thought i got rid of it all, i followed all the manual instructions to get trid off it last time and worked…… for awhile. Till now!!!! its back and better then ever (not) i cant access task manager, my c: drive, system tools, run, cmd prompt or anything. the stupid virus has limited me to nothing….

Where do i start to get rid of this thing?

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By Mitur Binesderty August 28th, 2008
To the guy that wants to kill the maker of this virus…

It’s the Russian Mob. Seriously.

74
By MH August 25th, 2008
Hi I deleted the files but the warning is still on my background anyone have a way to take that off?

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By yukiko i August 25th, 2008
Hi Ching San,
Thank you for the instruction. That was a real tricky nasty one. Now removed. Following your instruction, I only spent a minute to remove.
yi

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By donnie August 23rd, 2008
We had the antivirus2008 pop up last night for no reason, luckily we didn;t register or pay for anything- We corrected it after we found this site and comments, mainly from Ching San. We have windows xp and this is what we did to get rid of it.
1. hit start button, then run, then type in taskmgr right click ok
2. find ANTVRS.EXE , then left click on end process tree.
3. Go to recycle bin and delete antivirus file
4.Then go to seach, put in Antivirus2008 to see if it’s anywhere else on your computer. If so,right click and choose delete.
5. Go back to recycle bin and delte this antivirus file(s).
6. Shut down computer, then start again and it should be gone(along with the icon !)

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By seb August 20th, 2008
only problem is that wininet.dll and shlwapi.dll are both legitimate windows files. delete the wrong one and … poof. there goes your computer. bloody malware bastards have to name their trash files after windows32 files dont they…. even put them in the same place to make it even harder to distinguish between the good and the bad.

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By Steve August 20th, 2008
For those that can not find ANTVRS.EXE file: There are several iterations of this program, my pop up was Ultimate Antivirus 2008 and the process was UAV.exe get it U_ltimate A_nti V_irus folder. The folder and processes will be an acronym of the form you have i.e. Vista Antivirus 2008 has VAV.exe

Hope this helps.

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By misty August 19th, 2008
can u tell me how to delete this shitting program vista antivirus 2008?I have tried everything?

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By andrew August 19th, 2008
rose what u do to kill this virus?
is antivirus 2009 is virus? why he come evry time and make low the computer plz help me what to do to kill this virus?
thks andrew

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By andrew August 19th, 2008
hi
antivirus2009 and antispycheck is virus or what ?
and make very low
is really graz

66
By joyce August 17th, 2008
So did you get rid of the fusk shit face program antivirus 2008 xp. Its horrible.

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By jazz August 15th, 2008
holy shit! this is fucking ridiculous. this thing just popped up about an hour ago and i was JUST ABOUT TO BUY IT credit card in hand and everything. but i just had this fucking feeling that something was off. and I google magic-ed that shit and this is the very first thing I found. I’ve tried everything. I’m tired. I found about a thousand files under the shlwapi.dll one and when I deleted them they did except for one and it says my access is denied HELP!!!!! i’m fucking dying here! I don’t know what to do!

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By John August 8th, 2008
Ok i think i deleted it…What i did was disable its startup by going to Run then typing “msconfig”. Then I went to the startup tab and looked for the item…The name varies. Well I deleted that then I restarted my computer. Then I deleted the folder in program files and deleted all the icons in my start menu. Then I quickly emtied the recycle bin…So far it works…But if it comes back Im gonna find who ever made this shit and shoot him in his face. Now i just need to change that Fugly background. Anyone have any idea’s on how to do that?

63
By Justin August 8th, 2008
I cannot find the item ANTVRS.EXE under Process in Windows Task Manager. It’s just not there. Is there anything else that it could be named? I’m so aggravated with this thing right now.

62
By travis August 7th, 2008
I would like to know who created this virus so i can find him and kill him

61
By rose August 7th, 2008
i got this virus too yesterday but thanks to the help of alison and ching i could delete this s**t from my computer it was hard actually to find the file in the computer i had to look for the resource then i found it and deleted it from the programs and from the processor,and now i m happy again…Thanks for all of u guys…

60
By Kevin August 5th, 2008
that bloody thing is vanish from my pc…but…that stupid warning thing still appear..anestion to get rid that warning thing..ouh..that fucking antivirus can change it name.so u have to find by ur self…

59
By Rahul July 30th, 2008
Ching san u roxxxxxxxxxxx!!!!

58
By sumarah July 30th, 2008
give me free antivirus and remove please

57
By Tanya S July 29th, 2008
Oh My God. Thank You Ching San you are a life saver. I followed your instructions and erased it. I found it under another name a vav.exe. I was going crazy for 4hrs till I found this site.They need to get rid of that Vista Antivirus off the net!

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By ViraeSlayer July 29th, 2008
Ohhh man, thank you all!
After the 3 hours of furious battle between me
vs Antivirus2008pro, the light forces reign
supreme! Thank you everyone!!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

-ViraeSlayer

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By Hugh July 28th, 2008
Running Windows XP service pack 3. I could not open taskmgr using control-alt-delete or run as both methods had been disabled by the virus. I then restarted in safe mode by turning on the computer while holding down the F8 key. Then logged on as Administrator, then went to My Computer, then Program Files then right clicked on all the programs that sounded suspect. After right clicking I went to Properties and looked at the install dates. If they were on the dtae I got the virus I deleted them. Warning, the names have changed and are not the same ones from earlier posts. After this I rebooted normally half the stuff was gone as were the pop ups, but I was still locked out of task manager and the time was still changed to military. So then I rebooted in safe mode and did a system restore to the day before I got the virus. That worked! Lastly I went and manually deleted all the files at the top of this page XP tells you to. Good luck! It worked for me.

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By Caroline July 22nd, 2008
I was able to delete it thanks to website user suggestions, but the “warning” is still showing up on my desktop (only the warning — it does not run anymore), no matter how many times I try to replace the desktop appearance. Any suggestions?

53
By Karl July 21st, 2008
HOW CAN I GET OUT OF ANTIVIRUS ?

the tittle of my virus is ANTIVIRUS 2008 (PROTECT YOUR PC)

not for XP

do i really need to pay for it??

or anything to do..

52
By Rashe July 19th, 2008
Can someone please help me get ride of this mother fcker Anti virus 2008 or 2009, [email-masked]. Thanks guys.

51
By kenn July 16th, 2008
thanks much as It got rid of it in safe made, but I am missing start menu items like to get into my C and D drives. Can I do something w/o rebooting?

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By Andy July 16th, 2008
hi guys,

i have deleted the icons, deleted all reference to antivirus 2008 including recycle bin, been through this complete process, even tried replacing my shlwapi.dll and wininet.dll files from a different pc. it may be unrelated but everytime i try to go to update my avg 8.0 or follow anything related to antivirus in google it takes me elswhere or breaks my wireless connection, im a bit peeved. any suggestions

Andy

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By Chris July 11th, 2008
Remove Antivirus 2008 Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe”

I also removed software one by one this worked

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By Kiki July 10th, 2008
Just cleaned the Vista Antiviurus 2008 virus from my computer via SYSTEM RESTORE. Thank you all for your help. This is, by far, the easiest method I’ve found. I was infected yesterday and it drove me crazy, but thanks to all of your posts, I’m VIRUS FREE! If you have this problem, do a system restore for a date/time prior to the day you were infected-IT WORKS AND IT’S RISK FREE. Hope this helps someone else.
Kiki

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By Mark July 9th, 2008
Just removed the virus from my computer by starting it in the safe mode (f8 on startup)arrow keys to select safe mode then log onto an account with administrator priviliges. Go to my computer/local disc C/ program files/then look for antivirus2008 and right click and hit the delete. Then go to trash can and empty it. Restart your computer and the nasty antivirus 2008 icon in lower right hand corner is removed. This is for windows XP
Mark

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By Janice E July 8th, 2008
Ching San is a computer genius! His advice on removing the Anti-Virus 2008 worked, worked, worked!!
Thank you very much computer genius man!

45
By ritesh July 7th, 2008
thanx,thanx,thanx alot,i did as you suggested and the fucking antivirus2008 is gone…..yeppy..but is there any serious threat after that

44
By Josh July 5th, 2008
I just deleted everything that ching and alison said to, hopefully the antivirus 2008 is gone
thanks so much

43
By Edward July 5th, 2008
Thanks Ching San and Alison,

Through both your suggestions, I was able to remove the Antivirus 2008. Hopefully, it won’t come back. I really, really appreciate the help from both of you.

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By will lacrosse July 5th, 2008
what i did is i went to task manager and ended the task VAV (vista anti virus) then deleted the VAV program file then emptied the recycle bin its gone wHOO!! o.o

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By wizard535 July 5th, 2008
It says it is an antivirus but it is more appropriate to say that ‘that is the virus!’

40
By chester July 4th, 2008
Thanks,Ching!!!!
I have finally get rid of that stupid thing!!!!!!!!
Thx so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

39
By Lori Janiec July 3rd, 2008
This thing has infected IE with a toolbar and it has made it so I cannot go into the add/remove programs as it has taken away my buttons. Also, it’s messed up my desktop.

I was able to disable some of it and keep it from reinstalling itself, but the trojans are still there. They’re labeled differently than you have listed here as well. I’m thinking I’m going to have to wipe clean and start over…

*sigh*

Not a good thing. Whoever created this should be skinned alive!

If anyone has success removing the tool bar…nqgpedlr…from IE, please let me know!

38
By SAM July 3rd, 2008
please i want to remove the f****n antivirus 2008 off my computer the soon as possible!!!

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By Basmi July 2nd, 2008
You dont have to search for the antvrs.exe
Just look for the anti virus 2008 icon on the task manager.
Hope it will work.

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By Alison July 1st, 2008
I just encountered this the other day with my mother-in-law. I was able to get rid of it for the time being. I opened task manager and stopped the antivirus process. Then I went to My Computer, Local C:/, Program Files and deleted the entire folder labled Antivirus2008y. Emptied the recycle bin and restarted the computer. This seemed to work. Hopefully for good.

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By Jim July 1st, 2008
antivirus 2008 Pro infected my computer last Thursday night and I have tried many things to get rid of it. I downloaded Spy Doctor and did a full scan in both normal and safe modes and a lot of trojans etc were removed but the antivirus 2008 pro was still there, so I got help from HP techs and I removed the virus from my Task manager processes list ( the entire tree) deleted the icon and removed the virus from my programs list ( accessed from start button . I then deleted both of these from the recycle bin. The next scan showed ” clear ” that is until I re-boot.. then it is back again. I am running a 2000 version of XP with service pack 2. The HP guys say that the virus infected my boot file … makes sense. I hate that I am faced with a re-format ( destructive recovery) process. Why does the antivirus 2008 Pro not appear on the populated list in “add and remove programs ?”

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By kamran June 30th, 2008
hi

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By Alvin Lee June 29th, 2008
Follow the manual removal instruction, it really WORKS. Thanks a million.

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By nicko June 28th, 2008
ugm, just a suggestion, if anyone of you guys cant find antivrs.exe, go to start, run, then browse your application files, antivirus 2008 could have been stuck with your normal and helpful files, make sure to check your files after deletion because antirus 2008 can make a duplicate for itself to prevent you from deleting it permanently…..

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By nicko June 28th, 2008
man! thanks ching san!
the taskmgr did it!
the fucking antivirus is gone!
thanks a lot!

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By Dave Tudor June 27th, 2008
I can’t seem to delete any of the program. Please help me.

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