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Remove McAVG 2011 Virus

By admin on February 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

McAVG 2011 is another rouge program just like AVG Antivirus 2011 which at the first place will look like a legitimate security program that it originally isn’t. This fake security software is programmed to send false scan results and notifications to a user once it gets inside a machine to convince the user that his/her computer has got infected by malicious programs. Later McAVG 2011 will recommend you to purchase the complete version of the product to get rid of those infections.

McAVG 2011 usually can get access to your machine through fake online scanners and Trojans. Once it is inside the machine, it will start giving you all those scary security notifications. But please don’t pay any attention to these messages because these are designed only to get you scared so that you buy the full version of McAVG 2011 to cure your system. The developers of this evil program has designed it only to trick you to make that purchase for their own benefits, but in return you are not going to get anything.

Besides giving all these fake security alerts, McAVG 2011 will also block other programs and can even download other malicious applications in the machine to make things worse.

What is McAVG 2011 Doing to your Computer Right Now?

  • Blocking legitimate software programs from running
  • Showing false error messages
  • Constantly Bothers You and WILL NOT CLOSE
  • Cannot Un-Install McAVG 2011 normally
  • May be blocking internet access
  • Users may see pop-ups and re-direct

McAVG 2011

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It is important to take necessary actions as soon as possible to delete McAVG 2011 from your system if the software invades your machine. There are both legitimate anti-virus products and manual antivirus removal guides available online that you can use to get the job done.

How to remove McAVG 2011 by Using a Manual Removal Guide

In order to delete McAVG 2011 from a system manually, you will need to kill the following process first:

  • mcavg.exe

To stop the process, at first go to the file location to rename the file. Once the file is re-named, restart the pc and return to that file location and delete the file

After that, you will have to delete these files:

For Windows XP
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata1.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata2.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata3.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata4.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata5.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata6.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata7.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata8.dat
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\lang.txt
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\lastscan.txt
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\licencia.txt
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\versiondb.txt
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\mcavg.exe
C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\mcavg.zip

For Windows Vista/Windows 7

C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata1.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata2.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata3.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata4.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata5.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata6.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata7.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\fasdata8.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\lang.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\lastscan.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\licencia.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\versiondb.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\mcavg.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\McAVG\mcavg.zip

McAVG 2011 is supposed to be deactivated once you get rid of these files. Now you should perform a full scan to see if any other McAVG 2011 related file or any other infection is still there in your system. For the complete system scan, we recommend using Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.

If you think that the manual McAVG 2011 removal procedure is not that easy for you to deal with and that you might need some assistance, then you can choose a remote virus removal service provider to get a helping hand.

McAVG 2011 Registry Removal Procedures

After you are done with deleting all the above mentioned files, it is time to clean you registry from the infected registry values. You may need to delete these files in this step:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Programs\McAVG\McAVG
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache “C:\Program Files\McAVG\McAVG\mcavg.exe”

You should be running a complete virus scan for your system once you are done with deleting the necessary files. For the scanning, we recommend Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.

McAVG 2011 Directories:

XP

  • C:\Program Files\McAVG\

Windows 7 / Windows Vista

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAVG\

Outside Resources:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-avg-antivirus-2011

http://www.im-infected.com/rogue/remove-fake-avg-antivirus-2011.html

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