How to Remove Personal Antivirus – Personal Antivirus Removal Guide

Mar 14

How to Remove Personal Antivirus – Personal Antivirus Removal Guide

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Personal Antivirus Description:

Personal Antivirus is an example of an application which is the contrary to what it’s marketed as. Indeed, Personal Antivirus is classified as a rogue anti-spyware; it is a clone of Internet Antivirus Pro menace which has done a lot of harm to computers and networks worldwide. Personal Antivirus installs through backdoor Vundo Trojan that sneaks past your authentication while infiltrating undetected. This intrusion will be followed by configuring your system to launch Personal Antivirus each time you log on. The external manifestation of Personal Antivirus presence on your machine is its triggering multiple pop-up alerts and scanners claiming your PC is in danger. Both these warnings and the system scanners are fake and exploited for trying to persuade you the computer is actually under risk of malware attack. The scammers who developed Personal Antivirus believe your next step will be downloading and purchasing Personal Antivirus licensed version for removal of these “detections”. Do not get misled Personal Antivirus into wasting your savings for its useless registered software. Buying Personal Antivirus will harm your computer badly by deteriorating its performance and making it operate slower. Unless you enjoy getting brainwashed, remove Personal Antivirus without delay.

Find out if your PC is infected with Personal Antivirus:

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Personal Antivirus screenshot:

Personal Antivirus

How to remove Personal Antivirus manually:

To perform manual removal of Personal Antivirus, you should do the following:

Delete Personal Antivirus corrupt files:

%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Personal Antivirus.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus Home Page.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Purchase License.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Personal Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\uill.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\config.cfg
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Timeout.inf
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Urls.inf
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\activate.ico
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Explorer.ico
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\unins000.dat
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\uninstall.ico
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\working.log
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\DBInfo.ver
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080614.db
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080618x.db
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAEs.lng
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAFr.lng
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAGer.lng
%Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAIt.lng
%WINDOWS%\system32\log.txt
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe

Remove Personal Antivirus associated registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Antivirus_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PrS”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Personal Antivirus”

Please, note that manual removal of Personal Antivirus is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic Personal Antivirus removal tool below: