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Spyware is computer software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. The term, coined in 1995 but not widely used for another five years, is often used interchangeably with adware and malware. See... [more]

Spyware is computer software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. The term, coined in 1995 but not widely used for another five years, is often used interchangeably with adware and malware. See articles and get information about spyware, and how to remove it, here.

Remove Win Antivirus Vista/XP - Win Antivirus Vista/XP Removal Instructions

Win Antivirus Vista/XP is new rogue antispyware application, clone of another scamware named ASC-AntiSpyware. Parasite is promoted through the use of Trojan horses that generate fake security alerts on your computer. These alerts will state that your computer is seriously infected and your privacy is in danger. Important to notice, that these alerts are designed to be very similar to Windows security Centr ones.
Once Win Antivirus Vista/XP is installed it will automatically configure itself to run automatically every time you turn on your computer. Also it will perform system scan and list variety of infections that cannot be removed until you first purchase licensed version.
We strongly recommend you to remove Win Antivirus Vista/XP manually or using automatic removal tool.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: Critical
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Win Antivirus Vista/XP Automatical Removal Tool

How to remove Win Antivirus Vista/XP manually:
It's possible to remove Win Antivirus Vista/XP manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\buy.url
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\help.url
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\howtobuy.txt
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\license.txt
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\uninstall.exe
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\WinAntivirusVistaXP.exe
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\uninstall.exe
* %Program Files%\Win Antivirus Vista/XP\restart.exe



Remove registry entries:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Win Antivirus Vista/XP
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Win Antivirus Vista/XP
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Win Antivirus Vista/XP”



Please be careful because manual removal of Win Antivirus Vista/XP may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.
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