Antivirus xp 2008 please help me

Question

it somehow got downloaded on my comp and i need to know how to delete it. I thought i could go to delete programs in start, but I dont have anything in my start pannel other than pain, notepad and internet

would a complete system restore work?

Answer 1

Click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore and follow those steps and try that System Restore.

Answer 2

i had the same problem with with the same one, i posted this question also and i was told to go to http://superantispyware.com and download the superantspyware and it worked for me. it does scan on your computer and deletes them and it took mine off for good(i thought i kept deleting it but everytime i turned my comp. on it was there.

Answer 3

Antivirus XP 2008 is a suspect anti-spyware application that have a set of features which do not work, and produces false positives which may goad the user into purchasing the application. Antivirus XP 2008 show various pop-up advertisements and fake security messages, which may disturb your work and slow down computer performance. Antivirus XP 2008 is a clone of XP Antivirus fake antispyware. It is recomended to remove Antivirus XP 2008 from your computer.  

Answer 4

OMG!.Remove that as soon as possible.!! =/

iM having that same problem.

Okay this seems to work.

http://www.darfuns.com/remove-xp-antivir...

Try it. It shows you hoe to manually remove it.

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Answer 5

To delete antivirus xp 2008, you can delete it completely from your pc by just following these steps. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

You can jus download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. Then run it to scan and remove that antivirus from your pc. I'm 100% sure that it'll work.

You don't have to do system restore for just in case it will delete everything.

Answer 6

start in safe mode F8 then run your anti virus and anti spy ware programs then reboot  

Answer 7

any easy and free way of removing it is booting into safe mode then running smitfraudfix... http://www.spyware-techie.com/antivirusx... follow the steps listed. Saves you time and money and you wont have to reinstall windows like i did.

Answer 8

here is a removal video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C3E49VhprC4

But it seems your computer unusable. If you have a windows restore/ installation disk, put it in the drive

begin the installation

Press F8

At this stage select a repair installation, that will restore your computer back to normal without any loss of programs or the data. here is a video of the process

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uIk3eeHbUdw

Answer 9

How to Remove It with Software:

Spybot is supposed to be able to remove it. I have never used it to do this, but I would try it.

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-De...

How to remove XP Antivirus Protection Manually:

   1. Navigate to Start-> Run, type cmd in the box and click Open

   2. In the command window, type regsvr32 /u shlwapi.dll and press Enter

   3. Next type regsvr32 /u wininet.dll and press Enter

   4. Next Press Ctrl + Shift + ESC

   5. Right click on XPAntivirus.exe from the processes window and select the option to end process

   6. Right click on XPAntivirusUpdate.exe from the processes window and select the option to end process

   7. Navigate to Start-> Search, then click on Files and Folders. Search for and delete the following files:

         1. XPAntivirus.exe

         2. XPAntivirusUpdate.exe

         3. shlwapi.dll

         4. wininet.dll

         5. XP Antivirus 2008.lnk

         6. Uninstall XP Antivirus 2008.lnk

         7. XP antivirus

         8. XPAntivirus.lnk

         9. Uninstall XPAntivirus.lnk

        10. XPAntivirus on the Web.lnk

        11. XPAntivirus.url

   8. Navigate to Start-> Run, type regedit in the box and click Open

   9. Delete XP antivirus in the following path: HKEY_USERS\Software\

  10. Restart your PC and everything should be back to normal