Going on the internet is becoming more dangerous as the days go by. You may not get robbed at gunpoint like you can on the street, but the way you can get robbed on the internet can be just as bad. It may not be life threatening but it can have a very devastating impact on you if you are left to deal with identity theft. Programs like IE Antivirus are disguising themselves as anti-spyware programs and then bundle themselves with trojans to allow a silent download onto a user's computer. When you go and download something like a free video from some website you may also download the Trojan. Once the trojan is on your computer it will begin to install a "trial" version of IE Antivirus without you ever knowing it. You'll know that IE Antivirus is on your computer when you begin to receive annoying popups that say "NOTICE: Your system is infected and your computer performance is not at the highest level. Full system optimization will greatly increase your computer's performance and prevent data loss". When you go in to install this rogue software you'll encounter more problems than you could have ever imagined with your computer. All of a sudden you Internet Explorer will have a mind of its own and you will get even more errors stating that your computer is full of viruses and your browser will default to the IE Antivirus site.
If these symptoms seem familiar you will want to make sure you remove this software from your computer as soon as possible. The longer it is on your computer the more the program can track your information and sell it to hackers. In addition you system performance will be dramatically decreased due to the amount of resources this software requires. Below are some steps you can take to remove it manually.
End the following Processes:
To open the Windows Task Manager, use the combination of CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
ieavinstaller.exe
%program_files%ieantivirusieav.exe
%program_files%ieantivirusuninst.exe
ieav.exe
Unregister the following DLL Files:
To open the Registry Editor, go to Start > Run > type regedit and then press the “OK” button. Locate and delete the files below.
ksol.dll
kol.dll
apdoxu.dll
Remove the following registry values:
Go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. In the “All or part of the file name” section, type in the files below:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareieantivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionrun antispy
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallie antivirus
E4DA88ED-E01E-4D88-ADC4-A3E1ED557C6A
AppIDE4DA88ED-E01E-4D88-ADC4-A3E1ED557C6A
AppIDksol.dll
29BF1B1F-0106-4881-A7C7-A71035C54825
99E591B6-A5AD-4A2D-B349-334020760EF2
F856BB9E-855B-498D-883E-3509C550A031
15977918-3A04-4982-8E45-EDC618371EBE
968E6658-515B-4703-97DD-F256F5C88C72
AC16362B-5EDF-4E46-B7F6-EC24BB76E8C4
cdx.VideoStream
CF9146DB-16F1-4B79-8DA1-EE14C55D5B06
597AED5A-2DEA-431D-BE7E-F03BAB2AFB15
Delete the following files:
ieavinstaller.exe
%program_files%ieantivirusieav.exe
%program_files%ieantivirusuninst.exe
%program_files%ieantivirusieas.db2
%program_files%ieantivirusieas.db3
%programs%ie antivirus 3.2.lnk
%desktopdirectory%ie antivirus 3.2.lnk
ksol.dll
IE AntiVirus 3.2.lnk
kol.dll
ieav.exe
apdoxu.dll
Your best bet is to go for the long term solution of investing in reliable and legitimate anti-spyware software. Something like that can prevent programs like IE Antivirus from ever being downloaded onto your computer. Removing the files above is very temporary because it may not be long before another similar program finds its way onto your computer.
Carl runs a site devoted to helping you rid your computer from all sorts of spyware and malware at http://www.spyzooka.com/
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