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WinAntiVirus Pro

WinAntiVirus Pro - A New Breed of Spyware!

WinAntiVirus Pro is a fraudulent rogue antispyware program and a variant of Trojan.Zlob. When WinAntiVirus Pro infects your computer system it will hijack your browser to an unwanted webpage such as onlinestability.com or winantivirus.com. WinAntiVirus Pro sends false positive scan reports and an array of pop-up advertisements in order to pursuade the user into purchasing the full version of the product. This badware application can find its way into your computer without your knowledge or consent. It is also associated with another infamous spyware application known as WinFixer.  

WinAntiVirus Pro displays a fake warning message to goad you into purchasing the paid full version of WinAntiVirus Pro. It is also known by various other names like WinAntiVirus Pro 2007 Virus, WinAntiVirus Pro 2007, Trojan WinAntiVirus Pro 2007,  WinAntiVirus Pro 2007 Trojan, WinAntiVirus2008 and WinAntiVirus 2008.

Symptoms of WinAntiVirus Pro are:

• A series of fake warning alerts will appear in your computer system with a flashing icon. Some examples are:
• "Critical System Error",
• "Your computer is infected",
• "Trojan-Spy.win32@mx",
• "Virus Alert",
• "Security Alert"
• "System Alert"
• "Warning! Spyware Threat!" or
• "Spyware.Cyberlog-X"
• This spurious application will hijack your homepage to an unfamiliar and strange web page or to Onlinestability.com.
• Automatic and unwanted installation of other bad antispyware applications like Malware Wipe, WinAntiVirus, Pest Wipe, WinAntispyware, BraveSentry SystemDoctor, WinAntiVirus Pro 2007, WinAntiVirus Pro 2008, WinAntiSpyware, SpywareStrike, SpyTrooper, Spy iBlock and SpyGuard.

Some other known characteristics of WinAntiVirus Pro are:

• WinAntiVirus Pro will make false and fake claims on its ability to detect and remove spyware and malware.
• It also allows your computer to download unsolicited and unwanted files onto your computer system.
• It can also exploit security flaws and weaknesses in your computer.
• It will disable critical system files and applications to disable your computer system.
• It can place tracking cookies in your computer system to monitor your surfing habits and browser activities.
• Once installed, it becomes very difficult to uninstall this application, as its installation pack does not come with enough uninstall procedures and protocols.
• It also consumes a considerable amount of system memory and resources, thereby slowing down the computer system.

WinAntiVirus Pro is a tough application to uninstall. It can wreak havoc in your system with its extremely damaging capabilities. You must make it a point to remove this application by quickly detecting and removing the rogue applications and all of its components. This process involves removing all application processes, registry keys, DLL files, and other hazardous files from your computer. To avoid the unnecessary risk of damaging your computer by WinAntiVirus Pro, we recommend using a reputable antispyware program to safely remove it. Most antivirus programs are not designed to remove WinAntiVirus Pro because it isn't a virus. 

Removing WinAntiVirus Pro is a challenging process, but it is possible to eliminate this pest from your system, either by an exhaustive manual process or by using an easier automatic method. If you are not familiar with the intricacies of working with your registry, using the manual removal method may do damage to your operating system. If you are a non-technical person then please consider using a reputable antispyware program to do it for you. ParetoLogic's XoftSpySE is a good one. If you still face a problem, you can always contact ParetoLogic to have access to one-to-one help.

To remove WinAntiVirus Pro completely by using an automatic tool, you may need to first uninstall the application to delete all system installation files. Here is a brief procedure that will assist you to remove WinAntiVirus Pro from your computer system:

• Uninstall WinAntiVirus Pro by using the "Add/Remove Programs Utility" in your system.
• Restart the computer in a Safe Mode.
• Once the system boots up in the Safe Mode, you can run a good spyware removal utility like ParetoLogic XoftSpySE to scan the system files and folders. This tool will remove almost all traces of WinAntiVirus Pro installation from your computer.
• You can also use the auto cleanup facility to delete all WinAntiVirus Pro related files and folders from the system. This procedure may take a long time to finish, as it will probe and explore every corner of your computer system.

Manual WinAntiVirus Pro Removal (use at own risk)

Important WinAntiVirus Pro files are:

• WinAntiVirusPro2007FreeInstall.exe,
• pmmnt.exe or pmsnrr.exe,
• uwasffNT.exe or was6.exe

Unregister WinAntiVirus Pro 2007 DLL files:

• nbbrhbd.dll
• was6chk.dll
• uwas6chk.dll

Remove/Modify WinAntiVirus Pro Registry Entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesTypeLib{12398A44-7DFC-4C46-BD8F-41259D169A0D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesTypeLib{4567AB12-AE24-4FD6-B479-E2B464F32DA6}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesTypeLib{ABCD4567-7437-43EF-AB74-4AB1D3A37411}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesUWAS6.UWAS6
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesuwasfsd.CreationNotifier
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesuwasfsd.CreationNotifier.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesuwashellext.ShellHook
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesuwashellext.ShellHook.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesuwashellext.WASContextMenu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesuwashellext.WASContextMenu.1

Search and delete all these WinAntiVirus Pro Related Files

• uwasffNT.exe
• was6.exe
• WinAntiVirusPro2007FreeInstall.exe
• WinAntiVirus Pro 2007.lnk
• WinAntiVirus Pro 2007 Scanner.lnk
• WinAntiVirus Pro 2007 Scanner Online Manual.lnk
• AsAgents.dll
• unins000.exe
• unins000.dat
• Updater.exe
• uwas6chk.dll
• uwasffNT.exe
• WinAntiVirus Pro 2007 Manual.lnk
• pmmnt.exe or pmsnrr.exe

Please note, to avoid damage to your computer's operating system caused by a mistake in manually removing it, we strongly recommend using a reputable spyware removal tool like ParetoLogic's XoftSpySE .  This will automatically detect WinAntiVirus Pro and safely remove all traces of it from your computer.

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