Remove WinPC Antivirus from Your PC
Title: WinPC Antivirus
Also Known as: WinPCAntivirus, WinPC Anti virus, Win PC Antivirus, Win PCAntivirus
Severity scale:
WinPC Antivirus is a rogue antivirus program that should be removed as soon as it first appears on your computer. If it isn’t removed immediately, then it will harass you with fake security warnings. It will attempt to run a fake scan of your computer in order to deliver a phony list of infections to you. These will be used to scare you into paying for the full version of WinPC Antivirus.
The full version of WinPC Antivirus is completely useless, however. It doesn’t remove any real infections that may have infiltrated your computer system, nor does it ward off future infections. It is a complete waste of money and it will hinder your computer’s performance dramatically.
AKA:
WinActive Antivirus
Win Active Antivirus
WinActive Anti Virus
WinActiveAnti Virus
WinPC Antivirus file contents:
WinPC Antivirus.LNK,
WinAv.exe
In order to manually remove WinPC Antivirus, you must stop the following process:
winav.exe
Then, the following registry values should be deleted:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareWinPC Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl Paneldon’t load “scui.cpl”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl Paneldon’t load “wscui.cpl”
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “sysav”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftSecurity Center “AntiVirusDisableNotify” => 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftSecurity Center “FirewallDisableNotify” => 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftSecurity Center “UpdatesDisableNotify” => 1
Remove the following files:
winav.exe
WinPC Antivirus.LNK
While this will remove WinPC Antivirus from your computer, it doesn’t mean that your computer is free of malware. WinPC Antivirus is usually installed secretly by a Trojan horse infection, so even if you remove the rogue antivirus software it can easily be reinstalled by the Trojan again.
In order to make sure that your computer is completely free of spyware and malware, you should use SpyZooka. SpyZooka is the only real antispyware application guaranteed to remove 100% of spyware and malware. You can trust this promise because SpyZooka is produced by Blue Penguin Software, a company in good standing with the Better Business Bureau. So, if you want complete protection for your PC, then you want SpyZooka.
