How to Remove Antivirus2009 (Removal Instructions)
What is Antivirus2009? (Scan your PC for Antivirus2009 with SpyHunter)
Antivirus2009 (Antivirus 2009) is a fake anti-spyware program, an exact copy of AntiVirus 2008, and family of System Antivirus 2008, Ultimate Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008 and XP Antivirus 2008 (to mention a few).
You might have been infected by Antivirus2009 through a fake video codec download bundled with Trojan Zlob. Once Antivirus2009 leaps into your computer system, it will bombard you with popups and fake system alerts that inform you about supposed spyware infections. These alerts are prompted by Antivirus2009 itself to trick you into buying a fake spyware remover software. Antivirus2009’s messages may read:
“Virus Protection
Windows Security Center reports that ‘Antivirus 2009′ is inable. Antivirus software helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click Recommendations for the suggested actions. Your system might be at a risk now.
Note: Windows detect unregistered version of ‘Antivirus 2009′
Click here to get Antivirus 2009 License”
If you decide to click on this message to buy the supposed “licensed” version of Antivirus2009, you’ll be immediately redirected to Antivirus2009’s website to spend your money on a product that doesn’t “clean” your computer, but instead, steal your money. Antivirus2009 is a scam and it’s messages are all fake.
Antivirus2009 is also known to additionally install a Browser Helper Object (BHO), which generates more fake messages while using your Internet Explorer. Antivirus2009 has managed to add a message on Google’s homepage stating that it has detected your system to be infected! Antivirus2009 has won our standing ovation among the latest fake programs on the market.
Antivirus 2009 Bad Behavior:
- Antivirus 2009 may install without your consent.
- Antivirus 2009 may install other types of spyware/adware.
- Antivirus 2009 may hijack, redirect and change your browser.
- Antivirus 2009 may display annoying popups while you surf the web.
- Antivirus 2009 may compromise your privacy and security.
- Antivirus 2009 may be difficult to uninstall.
SpyHunter’s Spyware Scanner is for spyware detection purposes only. If SpyHunter’s spyware scanner detects Antivirus 2009 on your PC, you’ve been infected with Antivirus 2009 and we suggest you buy the full-version of SpyHunter to remove Antivirus 2009 and other spyware threats.
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Antivirus 2009 - Manual Removal Instructions:
WARNING: Antivirus 2009 manual detection and removal process is difficult. You’re required to access sensitive files in your machine. NOT recommended unless you’re an expert in this field.
Antivirus 2009 manual removal too hard? Run SpyHunter Antivirus 2009 Scan Now!
Stop Antivirus 2009 system processes:
Unregister Antivirus 2009 DLLs:
Remove Antivirus 2009 files:
Remove Antivirus 2009 registry values:
Antivirus 2009 Tips & Warnings
RECOMMENDED: Run SpyHunter Antivirus 2009 scan and automatically detect Antivirus 2009 on your PC.
Why use the Antivirus 2009 scanner?
- Antivirus 2009 is difficult to remove and sometimes hard to detect.
- Manually going through your system can prove to be time consuming and ineffective.
- You run the possible risk of damaging your computer or losing important data.
- To check for Antivirus 2009, we recommend you use SpyHunter Antivirus 2009 scanner.
More Antivirus2009 Related Info:
What is a rogue anti-spyware program?
Antivirus2009 is a rogue anti-spyware program.
A rogue anti-spyware program is a program that uses spyware and other deceptive tools to trick you into purchasing their fake spyware remover. A rogue anti-spyware software will install a trojan on your machine to download the software. You’ll know you’re being tricked if you go to a website and an ad pops up that looks like a Windows notification message. Once you click on the ad’s OK button, this will direct you to the software’s website. In other cases, simply by clicking the cancel or close button can start the rogue anti-spyware program’s installation. Often, a rogue anti-spware program will display false positives (nonexistent spyware) when you use their spyware scanner. Some rogue anti-spyware software, like Antivirus2009 will automatically download the trial version without your knowledge.
How do I know I have Antivirus2009 on my computer?
Good question! The first step in detecting and removing Antivirus2009 is by asking yourself whether or not your computer has been infected. Antivirus2009, as well as other unwanted software, can be difficult to detect and even more difficult to remove but knowing the Antivirus2009 symptoms can start you on the road to having a Antivirus2009-free computer.
Antivirus2009 Symptoms
If you answer “yes” to any of the Antivirus2009 symptoms listed below, you may have Antivirus2009 or other types of parasites installed on your computer. Keep in mind that the symptoms of Antivirus2009 and other unwanted software infections vary.
Antivirus2009 may install without your knowledge or consent. Downloading shareware/freeware software or visiting questionable websites might lead to a Antivirus2009 infection. Once installed, Antivirus2009 can compromise your privacy by transmitting your personal information and downloading popup advertisements.
Antivirus2009 may monitor your surfing habits. Once installed, Antivirus2009 or other types of parasites can do almost anything. It can tracks which websites you visited or what terms you’ve typed. Spyware uses your information to deliver targeted ads to you. Also, data of your surfing activities may be sold to third parties.
Antivirus2009 may bombard you with popup ads. Antivirus2009 may display annoying popups while you surf the Web. You might have Antivirus2009 or other types of parasites on your computer if you see pop-up advertising, even when you are not on the Web or when your computer has been idle for many minutes.
Antivirus2009 may hijack, redirect and change your Web browser. When your Web browser’s home page unexpectedly changes without your consent or your Web browser suddenly closes or stops responding, you might be infected with Antivirus2009. Also, in other cases new toolbars appear on your Web browser and you can’t get rid of it.
Slow computer performance. A sluggish computer is one of the easiest signs that you have been infected with Antivirus2009. Antivirus2009 and other unwanted sofware use your computer’s resources to do its nasty tasks such as displaying popups or tracking your surfing activities. If you see your computer is slowing down dramatically or crashing a lot, you may be infected with an unwanted software.
Help! I have Antivirus2009. What do I do?
Your privacy has been compromised and you no longer have control over your computer. What do you do? You panic and try to search for the number of a computer repair company? No! The best approach is to find a reliable anti-spyware program to run a spyware check. Once the anti-spyware software has identified the harmful files, you can easily remove all the files with a click of a button.
If you’re not computer savy and you think you’ve been infected with Antivirus2009, download SpyHunter Antivirus2009 scanner to automatically check for any Antivirus2009 files.
Also, we recommend that you DO NOT reformat your computer, reformatting should be your last resort. Reformatting will erase the contents of your hard-drive and you’ll have to reinstall every software you had before.


























July 28th, 2008 at 1:06 am
thanks
August 7th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Oh great I got this downloading windows updates for s service pack three (SP3)..is this a real service pack
or a scam that spreads this ???
August 7th, 2008 at 1:43 am
After 3 hours of trying to remove av2009 I finally was able to do it by using task master. First close all running programs and shut down your computer.
Restart it as usual. Then hold down your Ctr,l ALt and Del keys together,,,the task master box will open up. Click on the tab at the top labeled Processing. Only the Antivirus program AV2009 should by running and should show up.
Highlight it and Click on the END process. This worked for me and even removed the icon.
Restarting my computer, AV2009 showed up in my program files again,,,but I was able to remove it by clicking on it and hitting delete. This didn’t work before,,,,said it was protected.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:01 am
UPDATE: AV2009 is very tricky. I thought I had deleted it but today it was back. The original files are hidden but still operating on my computer. It shuts down my computer after repeatedly trying to get me to purchase the AV2009 program.
It shows a google message to buy AV2009,,not real,,,even Google is not safe.
I did a free scan,,,now I know the files and some of the locations,,but when I tried to delete them,,,they magically reappeared.
If I can’t figure it out soon, I’m going to purchase SpyHunter,,,any other suggestions would be appreciated.
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
thankx for this very helpfull knowledge
October 19th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
thank you very much
October 21st, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I’ve got this crap but my system is so bad I cannot download anything to get rid of it because I can only bring my computer up in safemode. Any ideas?? Anybody??? If I bring the system up in regular mode it functions for about 3-4 minutes and crashes. Am on Vista.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
AntiVirus 2009 is proving to be very annoying and law inforcement agencies are dealing with the author of this \’scam\’. If you have this installed on your computer, it s very very hard, if not impossible to remove if you do not know exactly what your doing. The only true way of knowing that this has been fully removed from your system is to do a complete fresh install of Windows.
November 8th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Bring your computer up in safemode with networking and then you can either remove this manually or use the removal tool. Dave
November 8th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Thanks PARICIA!….but now when i go into add/remove programs and try to uninstall all it says is “You already have antipro 2009 installed!” yes i know that lol im trying to delete it:@! driving me crazy!
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
This antivirus is a bunch of bulllllllllll! I just got my computor and its already infected with it. Someone told me that i would have to wipe my hard drive reinstall windows and use a program called zone alarm does anyone know if this is true. I would like to handle this without wipping my hard drive please let me know.
December 10th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
ok it seems form my research that the programs modifies the svchost files or some other files that deppends on it
It also changes some or one of the DNS cach files so that trendmicro.com points to the local maching
If i can figure out this DNS file and something to do with the DNS resolver then maybe i can stab it in the neck.
Deleting Temp IE files in hidden Local settings helps free you up
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
k it seems form my research that the programs modifies the svchost files or some other files that deppends on it
It also changes some or one of the DNS cach files so that trendmicro.com points to the local maching
If i can figure out this DNS file and something to do with the DNS resolver then maybe i can stab it in the neck.
Deleting Temp IE files in hidden Local settings helps free you up
February 21st, 2009 at 10:09 pm
A friend downloaded Antivirus 360 on my computer.i have many bugs now & im unable to uninstall it/How to get rid of this???I have CyberDenfender ,which is doign fine.Janet
February 24th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Wow, what a job to get rid of MSantispyware2009! I got this malware program doing research for a presentation I have coming up. The web site tricked me into loading it by telling me I needed to download a program to watch a video I wanted some information from. I started getting pop ups that looked like official Microsoft data and my explorer tryed to take me to the MS antispyware 2009 website constantly.
The 1st thing I did was find some htm files and some exe files in my hidden temporary internet files that matched some of the names of the popup’s I was getting and delete them, then I went into msconfig and unchecked any suspicious looking items in my start menu, I restarted my cpu and this got rid of about 80% of the popup’s. Next I went into add and remove programs and found 2 programs from crucialsoft and uninstalled them, MSas 2009, and 1stprice?, not sure of the name, but it had a bogus phone number 555-555-1234 under contact info and the url listed for support took me to the antispyware 2009 web site.
Next I downloaded and ran an updated version of my antivirus program and ran it, this got rid of some of the infected files,next I downloaded an upgraded version of my antispyware program and ran it, this got rid of a few more infected files, then I downloaded an antimalware program and ran it, this found about 50 more infected files and deleted them. Now I was down to one popup every 20 minutes or so, an alert message that my computer was still infected and when I hit cancel it tryed to take me to the antispyware 2009 web site. After a call to my IT. friend, he directed me to a website that had a free program called combofix, this program shows you all the programs running on your cpu and deletes some of them but allows you to see and find anything else suspicious and shows you where to find and delete them. I have been popup free since 5:00 PM Yesterday! Found another clever trick this jerk used, In windows Task manager he had 48 tasks scheduled to run abut 15 minutes apart to run a program called C:\WINDOWS\system32\TPuPyhMu.exe.a_a
this is the program that launched the web browser and directed it to his website.
All of the files listed at the top of the page were found and deleted along with the folowing files and folders. This process took me 2 full days to do, if you want to do it youself, I hope these will help. Good Luck!
Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Cognac (Rogue.Multiple)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CrucialSoft Ltd
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ms antispyware 2009 5.7
Registry Data Items Infected:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit (Trojan.Agent) -> Data: c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit (Trojan.Agent) -> Data: system32\userinit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuLogOff (Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (1) Good: (0)
Folders Infected:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\BASE
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\DELETED
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\LOG
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\SAVED
Files Infected:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3MZ7GQXG\216[1].jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\UM1TIS9N\216[1].jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\LOG\20090222122213003.log
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\LOG\20090222140942078.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\TPuPyhMu.exe.a_a
MSConfigStartUp-MS AntiSpyware 2009 - c:\documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\CrucialSoft Ltd\MS AntiSpyware 2009\msas2009.exe
MSConfigStartUp-Cognac - c:\docume~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\2019.exe
May 15th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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