Antivirus System PRO
July 22, 2009 Threat level:
(7 / 10)
Antivirus System PRO description
Antivirus System Pro is a program that is only meant to harm the system and not to protect, although it claims to serve such a purpose. Antivirus System Pro comes from the creators of some other bogus anti-spyware applications, such as System Guard 2009, Spyware Protect 2009, Antivir System Pro and apparently lots of others.
Antivirus System Pro is made to look like a legitimate system security software, however it is only able to lower the system performance, generate false security scans and display various scary warnings about the none-existing threats. It distributes itself with the help of trojans and malicious websites. Antivirus System Pro is installed into the computer without the user giving any permission for such an actions and then starts irritating with its popups and scans and warnings, none of which is actually real. Antivirus System Pro is a malicious application and should be removed immediately using the instructions given bellow.
Antivirus System PRO websites
antivirsystem.cominetavirus.com
antivirwin2009.com
antivir2009pro.com
antivirussys2009.com
scan-spyware-now.com
itsecure.microsoft.com
antispy.microsoft.com
oemantivir.microsoft.com
osadwarekill.microsoft.com
osadwarekill.com
osawarepro.com Learn how to block rogue websites
New processes created
Antivirussystempro.exeuninstall.exe
sysguard.exe Learn how to remove malicious processes
New Antivirus System PRO registry entries created
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus System PROHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus System PRO
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus System PRO"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad "ieModule"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BAD4551D-9B24-42cb-9BCD-818CA2DA7B63}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{BAD4551D-9B24-42cb-9BCD-818CA2DA7B63}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "system tool" Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan your registry errors
Learn how to remove malicious registry entries
New files and directories created
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus System PRO\conf.cfg%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus System PRO\mbase.vdb
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus System PRO\quarantine.vdb
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus System PRO\queue.vdb
c:\WINDOWS\sysguard.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\iehelper.dll Learn how to unregister malicious DLL files
How to remove Antivirus System PRO
To remove Antivirus System PRO manually you must block rogue Antivirus System PRO related websites, remove malicious processes and registry entries, unregister dlls and delete all malicious Antivirus System PRO files from your computer.
Please note: cleaning your computer is a difficult and dangerous task, manually editing registry entries and removing processes and files may cause serious damage to your system. We strongly recommend scanning your computer with one of the legitimate antispyware scanners.