Manual Removal Guide for Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• malware
• rogue

Description:

Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 claims to be an antispyware solution. When it is installed on the computer it identifies a lot of harmless files and autorun entries as malware. The software nags the user to purchase a license and to fix these false positives.

Removal Instructions:

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Ultra Antivirus 2009.lnk".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UltraAV\UltraAV.exe".
• The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultra Antivirus 2009\UltraAV.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "UltraAV.exe".
• A file with an unknown location named "Release_UNREG.exe".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\UltraAV".
• The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Ultra Antivirus 2009".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key ".key" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\".
• Delete the registry key ".key" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\".

If Fraud.UltraAntivirus2009 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.