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This is our very basic How to remove Personal Antivirus guide. If you are having troubles understaning this then consider looking at our Remove Personal Antivirus guide instead. It explains a differnet process of removing this theat.
We do suggest people use Spyware Doctor with Antivirus » Download . It's one of the few security clients that is well known for being able to remove Personal Antivirus. We need to also note that everyone who is infected with this virus will also be infected with several other threats as well. Yes this guide will help to remove this fake program but it will not help with the other traces as they are not part of this. That is one big reason why we encourage people to just use Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. It will remove all your threats and make things that much easier for you.
Also for those who don't want to deal with this threat or if you just want to get rid of Personal Antivirus with out having to do anything we suggest hiring www.onlinecomputerrepair.org. This is a great company that can remove all viruses and spyware for you by remoting inot your computer. It's cool watching them work and it's a very fast and secure way to remove Personal Antivirus.
How To Remove Personal Antivirus?
Kill processes:
Once you kill this process you will find that it starts up again so you will need to already browse down to the folder were this file is and delete it right away. You should also remove this process from the start-up menu. Because this virus mutates the strain or runnign process may change. To kill a process you can use the Task Manager ( ctrl+alt+del) then find the process and end it ) If the Task Manager is disabled then look at our Personal Antivirus Software Removal page. There you will find a kill process tool you can use. If the trace has changed and you can not install security software then you can right click on the Personal antivirus icon on the desktop and select properties. From there you will be able to see what the executable fie is and were the directory is for you to delete it.
Delete registry values: You can access the registyr by typing regedit into the run bar. Be carefull and backup the registry first. You can cause serious issues by not doing this.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Antivirus_is1
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINE
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PrS”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Personal Antivirus”
Delete files:
- pav.exe
- Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\settings.ini
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\uill.ini
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\config.cfg
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Timeout.inf
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Urls.inf
- %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
- %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
- %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
- %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
- %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
Delete directories:
- c:\Program Files\PersonalAV\ ( Delete this folder and everything within this folder). Keep in mind that the exact folder for you will vary. it may be called \PAV or \PersonalAntivirus
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 pro 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 Spyware doctor with antivirus or have www.onlinecomputerrepair.org remove this and all other threats for you.
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