Home Antivirus 2010
Home antivirus 2010 is just the latest in fake security clients. This is bogus software so DO NOT PURCHASE IT. The makers of this software program are most likely the same ones who made Home Antivirus 2009. It is very similar in looks and does the same thing. Like most fake security clients this program will auto start when you boot your computer and will start a scan. The results from the scan are all bogus and so are the warnings. The goal of this fake program is to scare and trick the user into purchasing the program by making false claims of infection. The fake security program is the real virus. In almost all cases those infected with Home Antivirus 2010 will also be infected with other viruses and trojans. This is because another trojan virus is the one that installed this fake client. Those are the real viruses you need to remove.
Here are some error codes you will see form this fake program “WARNING! Home Antivirus 2010 has found 33 useless and UNWANTED files on your computer! – 21 of those items are considered critical privacy compromising content Personal data at the reach of anyone’s hand Internet history records available Compromising and adult material stored on your system Chat sessions’ logs and personal Emails easily reachable You need to register Home Antivirus 2010 to clean the unwanted files found. Click “Register now” button below to obtain the license and remove useless and compromising material from your PC.”
Some Symptoms of Home Antivirus 2010:
* Bogus Scan results * Auto Scans on Start-up * Warning coming out of a fake shield in the system tray * pop-ups and re-directs to the fake software’s website * constant warnings of being infected as well as false statements of other trojans
Here is what Home Antivirus 2010 may look like
Manual removal intructions for Home Antivirus 2010 ( Please read our disclaimer bellow )
Kill processes:
- HomeAntivirus2010.exe
- Uninstall.exe rufa.exe
- atowu.exe
Delete registry values:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HomeAntivirus2010
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\Install
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\Install\DEBUG
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don’t load “scui.cpl”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don’t load “wscui.cpl”
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Home Antivirus 2010”
Unregister DLLs:
- AVEngn.dll
- htmlayout.dll
- pthreadVC2.dll
- msvcm80.dll
- msvcp80.dll
- msvcr80.dll
Delete files:
AVEngn.dll HomeAntivirus2010.cfg HomeAntivirus2010.exe htmlayout.dll pthreadVC2.dll Uninstall.exe wscui.cpl daily.cvd Microsoft.VC80.CRT Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest msvcm80.dll msvcp80.dll msvcr80.dll HomeAntivirus2010.lnk Uninstall.lnk dicy.sys oxysa.dl vimufil.dat _scui.cpl boxica.reg jimysa.sys ylekoxipe.bin ovysenuv.ban ecanynedy.pif iwexuhor.inf omupaw.scr xonocyd.sys rufa.exe xatem.vbs akywiweni.dll atowu.exe ufig.reg upagyxej.lib uwud.ban akufan.db puqobu.bat robomero.vbs xojusiban.dat otakyhegem.sys rohysewys.lib (Please note most of these files will be located in the below directories)
Delete directories:
- C:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010
- c:\Program Files\HomeAntivirus2010\data
Please keep in mind that viruses mutate and change all the time. Do expect the above to change around a little. However this guide should work well for you and any experienced computer user will be able to follow it and figure out the traces if they mutate. If you do not feel comfortable deleting files and the like then consider purchasing SpyHunter or have http://www.pcninja.com remove this and all other threats for you. Leading Security Clients for you to consider
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