The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.AntivirusPlus2009" 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:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
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!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
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!
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- malware
Fraud.AntivirusPlus2009 claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user to make him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
- Entries named "Antivirus 2009 plus.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Antivirus 2009 plus.exe".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$APPDATA>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Antivirus 2009 plus.ini".
- The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Purchase License.lnk".
- The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Start Antivirus 2009 plus.lnk".
- The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Support Page.lnk".
- The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Uninstall.lnk".
- The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Antivirus 2009 plus.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Antivirus 2009 plus.exe".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Buy.url".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Help.url".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\HowToBuy.txt".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\ID.dat".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\License.txt".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus\Uninstall.exe".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Startup\Antivirus 2009 plus.lnk".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
- The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Antivirus 2009 plus".
- The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Antivirus 2009 plus".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Antivirus 2009 plus".
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!
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
- Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.