How can I get Antivirus XP 2008 off my computer?

Question

I've spent half an hour trying to go to sites that might help me, but I can't seem to go anywhere but Yahoo,Googly, n You Tube. I can barely even get on the Internet. LOL! I'm lucky to be on it now. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Answer 1

ok ive had this before

try to get 2 programs from google, it doesn't matter if there trial versions or not. The two programs are called 'super anti spyware' and 'malware bytes anti malware'.

those will definetly get rid of the virus

Answer 2

You should download all three of these programs as they are free a pack a powerful punch to get rid of any virus.

Malwarebytes:

http://www.download.com/3001-8022_4-1087...

TrojanRemover

http://www.simplysup1.com/download/dl/tr...

SmitFraudFix (optional, but run it just in case)

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix...

Great, install these and run in SAFE MODE! I can't stress that enough. I f you do not, the virus will block your attempt to remove it. Be sure to run all of these at the same time and don't restart until all three are done. Hope this helps! It worked for m, and i had over 200 different malwares.

Answer 3

Ok i had this exact same problom.I think you might want to print/write these instructions down.

#1.Turn off computer

#2.Turn on computer,but once you hit that on button press F8 rapidly until a screen with many options comes up.

#3.Move up with the arrow keys to where it says "Safe Mode With Networking"Then press Enter 2 times.

#4.Then a ugly screen will come up with letters and numbers and all that stuff.

#5.Then log into your account normally

#6.Then a thing will come up when your logged on and it will say "are you sure you want to get on this?"

Jsut click yes (it's telling you that this mode does not have sound or printing"

#7.Then go to start menu>run>type in c:\program files

#8.The right click the Anti Virus 08 Thing by right clicking it then delteing it.

And then poer off and power on normally!

And you should be set to go!!!!!!

Answer 4

Search the answers to the other 500 people here who has asked this question.

Answer 5

I don't know how you were able to download this virus and fall for it's tricks. I think it silently does itself... my goodness... this virus really has taken alot of users by storm.

Have you tried Bleeping Computers suggestions? I've cut a pasted the text of what I could below so you could try.

You should run and install malware bytes on your pc if you can manage to download it.

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Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix.

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link

Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.

Double-click on the icon on your desktop named Download_mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.

When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.

MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.

On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform quick scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Antivirus XP 2008 related files.

MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the image below.

When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image below.

You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the AntivirusXP2008 removal process.

You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.

A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown as seen in the image below.

You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine.

When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window.

You can now exit the MBAM program.

Your computer should now be free of the AntivirusXP2008 program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through, you may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future.