XP Antivirus 2012 Removal – How To Remove

XP Antivirus 2012 is a software which should never be trusted. It is actually a rogue antivirus software in the skin of a real anti-virus software. It just imitates legitimate scan and then shows a completely forged infection report. All the infections shown in that report are faked and have nothing to do with reality. Those infections actually don’t exist on your computer but the main intention of the software is scaring you and then dragging you into purchasing bogus software.

Don’t trust the fake scan report of XP Anti-virus 2012 as your computer is not infected at all. The only problem in your computer is XP Anti-virus 2012 itself and you need to take care of it as soon as possible. This is how XP Antivirus 2012 virus looks like:

XP Antivirus 2012 will continuously show fake alerts and ask you to purchase full version. Whenever you’ll run a genuine application on your computer, this rogue software will automatically pop-up and start scanning your computer. When you’ll try to access a site using Internet Explorer, It will tell you that your computer is at risk. You should not trust any warning and messages since those warning are forged and just to deceive you.

Even If you've purchase XP Antivirus 2012 by mistake, get in touch with your credit card company and file a dispute against the charge on your credit card. Closely watch your credit card transactions afterwards to make sure that your card is not being used fraudulently. To remove the rogue software from your computer, read the removal instructions below.

How To Remove XP Antivirus 2012

It is very easy to remove xp antivirus 2012 provided you use right software. It is true that XP Antivirus 2012 is a virus but there is much worse rogue software on the Internet which can literally damage your computer badly.

For complete XP antivirus 2012 removal, you can go for these options:

A) Removal Using a Spyware Remover:

You can remove XP antivirus 2012 using a malware remover software which is specially designed to deal with rogue products and other similar threats. You need to download a genuine malware remover, scan your whole computer for infections and then get rid of the rogue software.

We have tested several products and found that Spyware Doctor is the most effective product for removing rogue software. You can download it by clicking the button below:

After downloading, run Spyware Doctor and conduct a full scan of your computer. Spyware Doctor will automatically identify the presence of XP Antivirus 2012 in your computer and remove it. This is the easiest method and can be used by anyone.

B) Remove XP Antivirus 2012 Manually

You can try to remove XP Antivirus 2012 manually, however this method is not recommended for 95% computer users due to its complexity. This method is only useful for the people who are highly skilled in computers and have extremely good knowledge of everything.

If you don’t have ample knowledge of computers, you should not attempt your hands on this method. At best, you’ll not be able to remove the rogue software and at worst, you could damage your computer very badly. Removing the rogue software requires you to find and delete the infected files and then correct the registry entries as well. If you make a mistake while editing the registry, your computer may stop booting completely. Therefore, please follow these steps at your own risk.

1. First of all, please stop the process of XP Antivirus 2012 virus using Task Manager. You can run Task Manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Delete keys on your keyboard.

In Task Manager, please find a process which has 3 random letters and end that process. If you end the right process, the virus application will close down automatically.

2. Once the virus closes down, please browse this folder and delete suspicious files:

C:\Document and Settings\Administrator (or logged in user)\Application Data\

In above folder, you will find a file having three random characters in its name. This is the file you need to delete.

3. After deleting the infected file, you need to correct registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “(Default)” = ‘exefile’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1? = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1? %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1? %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = ‘”%1? %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1? %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile “(Default)” = ‘Application’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1?

Keep in mind that manual removal doesn't guarantee complete removal of the rogue software. For this reason, If you find that the software is not going out of your computer, consider using a genuine spyware remover as this option is much more powerful and reliable in comparison with automatic removal.