XP Antivirus Pro 2010 description
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 is a fraudulent security tool. It shows fake scan results and fabricated security alerts. It also usually states your computer is in danger and you have to remove all infections from your PC by paying small fees for supposedly legal security program.
This is all scam. It shouldn’t be trusted at all. What is more, the parasite spreads via trojan which enters your system through its vulnerable places. Numerous alerts that malware shows can be ignored and it will not be dangerous to your PC. One of the alerts can be shown as a scam:
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 Firewall Alert! XP Antivirus Pro 2010 has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
Internet Explorer is infected with Trojan-BNK.Win32-Keylogger.gen
Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords.
However, you have to choose decent security tool and terminate malicious program.
Manual XP Antivirus Pro 2010 Removal
XP Antivirus Pro 2010 processes:
av.exe
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XP Antivirus Pro 2010 registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "%1? %*"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "firefox.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "firefox.exe" -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "av.exe" /START "iexplore.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AntiVirusOverride" = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "FirewallOverride" = "1"
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Other malicious XP Antivirus Pro 2010 files:
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\av.exe
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\WRblt8464P