Paladin Antivirus

Description: Paladin Antivirus is a rogue antivirus software application from the same family as Malware Defense. It uses the same tactics as it’s relative to lure users in to buying a license for the software. Paladin Antivirus gets installed on a user’s computer via Trojans or other malicious software. Once installed, Paladin Antivirus will attempt to trick users into removing any installed legitimate antivirus programs by displaying alerts that an unauthorized antivirus software application is installed. It will also load at startup, performing a large number of fake virus scans on the system, generating false reports which warn the user about threats that are non-existent. It also generates fake warnings stating that the user’s computer is being attacked by a remote PC. After generating all these warnings, Paladin Antivirus asks the user to pay for a license to the ‘full’ version of the software, claiming that the currently installed ‘trial’ version is inadequate to remove all the detected false ‘threats’. However it is important to note that Paladin Antivirus is a fake program that cannot scan your computer under any circumstances.

Paladin Antivirus

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In order to remove Paladin Antivirus, you must stop its processes, unregister its DLL files, delete its files and folders and remove its registry entries.

Paladin Antivirus File Removal Instructions

The first step needed to remove Paladin Antivirus is to stop the following processes: ( Learn how to terminate a running process )

• pav.exe
• uninstall.exe

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Next, it is necessary to unregister the following DLL files:

• pavext.dll
• phook.dll

As the final step of file removal, delete the following files and folders:

• c:Program FilesPaladin Antivirus
• c:Program FilesPaladin Antivirushelp.ico
• c:Program FilesPaladin Antiviruspav.db
• c:Program FilesPaladin Antiviruspav.exe
• c:Program FilesPaladin Antiviruspavext.dll
• c:Program FilesPaladin Antivirusphook.dll
• c:Program FilesPaladin Antivirusuninstall.exe
• %UserProfile%Application DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick LaunchPaladin Antivirus.lnk
• %UserProfile%DesktopPaladin Antivirus Support.lnk
• %UserProfile%DesktopPaladin Antivirus.lnk
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPaladin Antivirus
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPaladin AntivirusPaladin Antivirus Support.lnk
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPaladin AntivirusPaladin Antivirus.lnk
• %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPaladin AntivirusUninstall Paladin Antivirus.lnk

Once you have completed these steps, Paladin Antivirus no longer resides on your hard disk.

Paladin Antivirus Registry Removal Instructions

File deletion alone is not enough to completely remove Paladin Antivirus. The following keys and settings should also be deleted from the registry: (How to Edit Registry Here)

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallPaladin Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPaladin Antivirus

Once the registry is clean, you have completely removed Paladin Antivirus from your computer. However, in order to make sure that this is the case it is recommended to conduct a full system scan using legitimate antivirus software such as Spyware Doctor with Antivirus in order to make sure that no additional threats reside on your computer.

Conclusion

It is not recommended for inexperienced users to attempt to remove Paladin Antivirus manually, as any mistake you make could cause damage to your system. Instead, the best way to remove this rogue software is to use a web-based repair service such as www.pcninja.com as it can remotely remove Paladin Antivirus under the risk-free umbrella of a money back guarantee.

Other Software clients that Removevirus.org likes to use

• Spyware Doctor with Antivirus
• Norton
• Trend Micro
• Kaspersky
• AVG
• MalwareBytes

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