1stAntiVirus Removal Instructions Description: 1stAntiVirus is a security risk that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. The program then prompts the user to purchase a registered version of the software in order to remove the reported threats.
Warning:
This page provides 1stAntiVirus removal information "AS IS" without a warranty of any kind. You are advised not to use this information if you are not aware of what you are doing. It must be noted that wrongly using the below given information to remove 1stAntiVirus from you PC may generated unexpected results. You must take a registry back and create a System Restore Point before following the below given instructions.
Important Instructions:
Please do not delete any directory unless you are sure that it is related with 1stAntiVirus . Check 'C:\Program Files\', 'C:\Temp', 'C:\Tmp', 'C:\Documents and Settings\(your profile name) \Local Settings\Temp' and/or 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Local Settings\Temp' for these directories. These directories may also exists in 'C:\Windows' directory but deleting a legitimate directory from 'C:\Windows' or sub directories may result in system failure so make sure you have found what you were looking for before deleting any directory. Always use 'System Restore' before following spyware removal instructions.
Files created by 1stAntiVirus must be removed either by using Add / Remove Programs Utility or simply deleting them using Windows Explorer. Note that some EXE files that are running i.e. processes, will not be deleted unless you use Task Manager to kill these processes.
Please take a registry backup using 'regedit.exe' or create a system restore point using 'System Restore Utility' before following these steps. Note that removing legitimate registry entries may result in a system crash.
Remove these directories:
%programfilesdir% \ 1stAntiVirus drv %programsdir% \ 1stAntiVirus
Remove these files:
%programfilesdir% \ 1stAntiVirus \ App.exe Uninstall.exe %programfilesdir% \ 1stAntiVirus \ Update.exe extensions.pkg program.info %programfilesdir% \ 1stAntiVirus \ drv \ securedisk.dcc xpdriver.sys %programsdir% \ 1stAntiVirus \ Start1stAntiVirus.lnk %programsdir% \ 1stAntiVirus \ Register1stAntiVirus.lnk Uninstall1stAntiVirus.lnk %desktopdir% \ 1STANTIVIRUS.LNK %desktopdir% \ 1stAntiVirus.pkg START1STANTIVIRUS.LNK
Remove these registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ MICROSOFT \ WINDOWS \ CURRENTVERSION \ UNINSTALL \ 1STANTIVIRUS
Remove these registry key values:
1stAntiVirus does not create any registry values
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