How to Remove Antivirus Pro 2009?

Antivirus Pro 2009 Description

Antivirus Pro 2009 is a fake antispyware application, which may be secredly installed at your computer by another malware such as Zlob trojan or Vundo trojan. Antivirus Pro 2009 just imitates the look and feel of a real security application while in fact it is a byproduct of a serious infection:


Antivirus Pro 2009 is another clone of Antivirus XP rogue anti-spyware. It displays fake or exaggerated list of spyware threats and tries to frighten the user into purchasing of the "full" version of that rogue software.

Computers infected with Antivirus Pro 2009 may have their search results misdirected / redirected to bogus sites, and existing antivirus software may become disabled.

Antivirus Pro 2009 displays annoying warning messages from the Windows taskbar informing about detected threats. If the user chooses the option to remove detected "threat", he/she will be asked to buy the full version of Antivirus Pro 2009.

Antivirus Pro 2009 automatic detection

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How to remove Antivirus Pro 2009 manually

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You must perform the following tasks to remove Antivirus Pro 2009 malware manually: stop all malicious processes, unregister malicious DLL files, delete all files and registry keys installed by Antivirus Pro 2009 files and block Antivirus Pro 2009 redistribution websites.

During installation Antivirus Pro 2009 registers itself in the list of installed applications. You can try to remove Antivirus Pro 2009 using "Control Panel" -> "Add or Remove Programs" utility, however some hidden files may be left behind on the system.

Antivirus Pro 2009 manual removal instructions

Stop all Antivirus Pro 2009 malicious processes:

• AntivirusPro2009.exe

Unregister Antivirus Pro 2009 malicious DLLs:

• AVEngn.dll
• htmlayout.dll
• pthreadVC2.dll

Delete all files installed by Antivirus Pro 2009:

• %Desktop Folder%\antiviruspro2009.lnk
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\AntivirusPro2009.cfg
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\AntivirusPro2009.exe
• %Program Files%\antiviruspro2009\antiviruspro2009.lnk
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\AVEngn.dll
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\htmlayout.dll
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\pthreadVC2.dll
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\Uninstall.exe
• %Program Files%\antiviruspro2009\uninstall.lnk
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\wscui.cpl
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\data\daily.cvd
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcm80.dll
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcp80.dll
• %Program Files%\AntivirusPro2009\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcr80.dll
• %User Profile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\antiviruspro2009.lnk

Delete all registry keys installed by Antivirus Pro 2009:

• %HKLM%\SOFTWARE\AntivirusPro2009
• %HKLM%\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus Pro 2009"
• %HKLM%\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AntivirusPro2009
• %HKCU%\Control Panel\don't load "scui.cpl"
• %HKCU%\Control Panel\don't load "wscui.cpl"

Block Antivirus Pro 2009 redistribution websites:

• antiviruspro2009.com
• avp2009.com

Once you complete the above manual removal steps, download this scanner to scan your computer for any Antivirus Pro 2009 leftovers.

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• AntiSpywareXP 2009
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