What is Personal Antivirus

Personal Antivirus is a rogue software. A rogue software application designed to trick users into buying a fake product by using scare tactics. It will bombard you with pop ups in order to try and scam you out of money. This infection can come into after fake video codec installation that usually comes with malware.

Aliases : Personal Antivirus, PAV
Infection Type : Rogue Software
Risk Level : Dangerous
System Affected : Windows Operating Systems

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General Symptoms

  • Displays fake warning messages and “Security Center Alert ” popups alerts.
  • Flashing icons appear on your system tray (Near of your system clock).
  • Hijacked homepage to unknown webpage.

Image of Personal Antivirus

Image of Personal Antivirus

Manual Removal of Personal Antivirus

Kill Spyware Processes ( Help )
peravir.exe, iv.exe

Get rid of Files and Folder ( Help )
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\activate.ico
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Explorer.ico
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\unins000.dat
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\uninstall.ico
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\working.log
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db\DBInfo.ver
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080614.db
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080618x.db
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAEs.lng
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAFr.lng
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAGer.lng
C:\Program Files\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAIt.lng

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Personal Antivirus.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus Home Page.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus.lnk
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Purchase License.lnk

%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
%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

Delete following folders ( Help )
Personal Antivirus,
PAV

Delete Registry Values ( Help )
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”

 
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