Description: Antivirus 2010 Security Centre is a dangerous rogue anti-malware application that endeavors to trick users into believing that their computers are infected by malware with the aim of getting them to pay for a software license. Antivirus 2010 Security Centre gets downloaded and installed on user systems thanks to Trojans that get downloaded from malicious websites by exploiting security vulnerabilities in the system. Once installed, Antivirus 2010 Security Centre proceeds to load up as a startup service, performing endless fake anti-malware scans from the point of startup onwards, making it practically impossible to do any sort of work on the system. These fake scans report a load of malware applications that are not really installed on the computer. A range of fake pop-ups displayed from the Windows Taskbar add to the feeling that the computer is under threat. The GUI of Antivirus 2010 Security Centre, which is similar to some well-known antivirus applications, tops off the illusion that this is legitimate software. The aim of all this trickery is to get the user to pay for the 'full' version of Antivirus 2010 Security Centre, under the pretext that the currently installed 'trial' version is not sufficient to remove the detected 'threats' to the system. However, you should never fall for this trick as no version of Antivirus 2010 Security Centre can scan or clean your system.
Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
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If you should ever find an instance of this dangerous malware application on your computer, you should immediately initiate Antivirus 2010 Security Centre removal. In order to remove Antivirus 2010 Security Centre, you need to stop its processes, unregister its DLLs, delete its files and folders and remove its registry entries.
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Manual Removal Procedures
The first the step you need to take in order to delete this virus is to stop the following process from executing:
- [random characters].exe
The next step you need to take in Antivirus 2010 Security Centre removal is to unregister the following DLL file:
- [random characters].dll
Next, it is necessary to delete the following files and folders from your hard disk in order to delete the threat:
Windows XP:
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre.lnk
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\[random characters].dll
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\[random characters].exe
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\.wtav
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\mswmqnei.dll
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\us?rinit.exe
Windows Vista/Windows 7:
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre.lnk
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\AppData\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
- %Documents and Settings%All Users\AppData
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\[random characters].dll
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\[random characters].exe
- %Documents and Settings%All Users\AppData.wtav
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\mswmqnei.dll
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\us?rinit.exe
Antivirus 2010 Security Centre Registry Removal Procedures
Although you may have deleted all the files and folders, this does not ensure complete Antivirus 2010 Security Centre removal. In order to completely remove Antivirus 2010 Security Centre, you need to remove the following keys and settings from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\[random characters]
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[random characters]
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\userinit
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\[35c95ec8-f789-9a3a-375c-bdb89a3684fd]
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[9CB00F85-D96F-1C82-F5A4-A31D57D6528D]
You should now run a full security scan to ensure no other threats are installed on your computer if you have not already done so.
Antivirus 2010 Security Centre Directories:
Vista / Windows 7 Users:
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
XP
- %Documents and Settings%\All Users\AppData\Antivirus 2010 Security Centre
Outside Resources:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-2010-security-centre
http://www.pctools.com/security-news/tag/antivirus-2010-security-centre/
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