Comments on: Antivirus2009 (Antivirus 2009) Removal Instructions

By: ------______---------

------______--------- — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:46:11 +0000

it’s.not.working.
all the programs recommended to delete this WON’T DOWNLOAD.
it won’t let me go to the helpful websites and redirects me.
it makes my internet sooo slow DD:

i seriously don’t want to delete all the files on my computer or anything but ARGH. stupid virus -.-;;

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:42:58 +0000

AVAST
I tried everything. It was bad. I found the files (they had different names as I think the virus has been updated significantly since June) but could not manually delete them because the would not let me have “full” permission with the file. Anyhow Cnet recomended this from an old article and it worked awesomely, I did a startup scan, and it just blocked it twice after it cleared it out.

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

The virus wouldn’t let me load helpful web pages, so I had to use the CACHED feature on google. It wouldn’t let spyhunter install, ad-aware wouldn’t kill it. I was at my wits end. I tried to delete the virus in command prompt on start up and it said access denied , CRAZY

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:22:49 +0000

If you find these sites that start the download of this virus, ping the site and look it up at a dns lookup site, then report it to the ISP’s so that they can get it shut down. These are the companies that should be taking responsibility. Usually they have these sites shut down within a few hours.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:16:47 +0000

I now have a black screen. Windows won’t load. I have malwarebytes and it wouldn’t run, nor would my mcafee antivirus. I downloaded stopzilla and was told to reboot. When I did, I got a mouse pointer with a black screen. Luckily I have a 2nd hard drive. How can I get my original HD up and running from a black screen? This antivirus 2009 is a killer. Thanks.

By: MKhan

MKhan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:57:34 +0000

Two of our computers got it. I looked at our proxy server and the computers had downloaded a installer.exe file from av-pro-2009.com. It had a red x logo on the task bar warning that the computer was infected. When clicked it brought up antiviruspro2009 scanning the computer. I couldn’t uninstall it from add/remove control panel. It would not allow any other antivirus or antispyware software or tool to run. So, here is what I did to fix it:
1. I blocked the website from my proxy server.
2. I killed the brastk.exe and any other antiviruspro2009 processes.
3. Deleted these files and folders from ‘program files’, windows and windows\system32 directories.
4. Restored PC to a pre-infection date to restore registry.

By: MatrixEquilibrium

MatrixEquilibrium — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:18:49 +0000

If you’re having problems with AntiVirus XP 2009, AntiVirus2009, Antivirus 2009, etc., then there is a free, simple tool to remove this malware called SDFix. I’m a malware specialist and I’ve done this on numerous computers that had AntiVirus 2009, and the infections were removed instantly, with no traces. None. Do not try all this other crap or even the manual method if you are not too computer-savvy. SDFix does the entirety of the job.

By: Thyson

Thyson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:34:44 +0000

The only way I have found to successfully fix this problem is to format the Hard Drive and re-install Windows. There is never any guarantee that you will not re-infect your PC by only doing 1/2 a job. Go to a professional.

By: Edith Ramirez

Edith Ramirez — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:35:24 +0000

I want to remove this file for my computer, because I having a big trouble I NEED REMOVE THIS BIG SHIT! ! ! HELP ME

By: missty

missty — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:30:02 +0000

this antivirus2009 is really a pain in the ass! wish whoever made this virus will suffer for the rest of his life! actually, just having trouble now how to delete or remove this shit, and i’m glad to find this forum to learn more about antivirus2009! wish malwarebytes work for me now! so i could get rid of this damn virus!

By: Ugh!!!

Ugh!!! — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:19:18 +0000

What a pain in the …..!!!!!! Luckily I found this site & read Ed’s comment about simply doing a system restore back to a few days ago. Dare I say that I am now as good as new!!!!!!!

By: MrsMoney

MrsMoney — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:43:19 +0000

I just found thins page after I had a pop up from Av2009 - I thought it was a hoax I’m just glad I didn’t install it, these people should be prosecuted. Good luck to all those that did install - I know what a pain these things can be from when I got an MBS from watching porn :)

By: satisfieduser

satisfieduser — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:59:50 +0000

I also used MalwareBytes’s software to get rid of this nuisance.

By: Blah

Blah — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:13:52 +0000

Move to linux, it’s the easiest way to not have to worry about getting a virus ever again…..

By: Lyall

Lyall — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:43:51 +0000

After a number of frustrating failed attempts to get rid of this rubbish, Smitfraud Fix finally succeeded.
In my case, the recommended Safe Mode would not allow Smitfraud Fix to run. The program was burned to a CD and run from there. After that, there was still a suspicious browser help object on board, but the excellent HijackThis got rid of that!

By: yman

yman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:22:41 +0000

I prefer(rosoftdownload.com/download/Windows/Kaspersky-Anti-Virus-2009) Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 because the program can be installed on infected computers, self-protection from being disabled or stopped, restores correct system settings after removing malicious software or it have tools for creating a rescue disk.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:06:40 +0000

Pay attention folks… The instructions at the top never tell you to delete shlwapi.dll or wininet.dll…… If you truly understand nothing on this page, take your computer to a professional or at least someone who knows geek-speak… Please… I’m just trying to keep you looking like a complete ID10T…

By: kum

kum — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:45:19 +0000

I used Malwarebytes I’m not getting any more pop-ups and I’m not getting directed to the Antivirus 2009 site anymore. Anyone that seems to be infected by these f’ers sould download Malwarebytes. You can go to Download.com and get the software for free.

By: MJS

MJS — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:47:15 +0000

I think the instuctions on this web page are bogis. Don’t use them. deleting the files shlwapi.dll wininet.dll will mess up your computer even more. If you look on an uninfected computer these files are
already present and are needed to run the windows program. I think this web site is run by the very people who are creating the virus program. The infected files I believe are some where in system 32.
look for something that is not a micosoft file. It shouldn’t be there otherwise.

By: john

john — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:02:45 +0000

after i searh i find shlwapi.dll and when i try to delete it says “make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use” how can i solve that problem?

By: honey

honey — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:24:37 +0000

i want to remove file block of antivirus 2009 from my pc…please help me…..thank you

By: dj

dj — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:32 +0000

here is how you remove antivirus2009
if you didn’t take the bait. if you did i don’t know if this will work
ok first you need a program called ” eraser ” its freeware so download it. if i remembered a link i trusted would display
next stop the process in the task mgr (ctrl+alt+del) it should be labled as av……… something don’t remember exactly
go to the start menu
go to run
type in regedit
when it opens search for antivirus2009
delete all of the values
next make sure the process of antivirus2009 is still stop
then proceed to the start menu
open my computer
open local disk drive c:
open program files
then use eraser to remove
good luck

By: Ilya

Ilya — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:00:34 +0000

I just used Malwarebytes and it found 15 infected files with various Trojan’s. I used this software to remove all files and it said there were a couple it could not remove but the problem seems to be fixed. I’m not getting any more pop-ups and I’m not getting directed to the Antivirus 2009 site anymore. Anyone that seems to be infected by these f’ers sould download Malwarebytes. You can go to Download.com and get the software for free.

By: j2

j2 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:22:35 +0000

The above instructions to delete shlwapi and wininet are wrong. If you try to do this, you should get an “access denied” message.

If you have some computer experience and boot in Safe mode to delete them, you won’t be able to start Windows.

By: oladapo bola

oladapo bola — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:15:50 +0000

what can be dont to detect this like of spyware b4 it come intot the internet.i,m ifected with this AV2009.It slowed down all action my net,really bad it created fictious believe that without buying the software u re ruined.i ll take time to read all ur removal processes to be able to removal this nagging av2009999999999999999999999999

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:49:17 +0000

To: whom it may concern;

How can I stop win32/adware.vitumonde and win32/privacyremote.m64 associated with antivirus xp 2008 this is all a skim to take private citizens of their monies, I am very upset at the entire system. people paid for Norton sytem and it does not work at all.