Variant: XP ANTIVIRUS / VISTA ANTIVIRUS /MS ANTIVIRUS 2008 / MS ANTIVIRUS 2009
MS Antivirus is a fake spyware remover. It claims to be made by Microsoft which is entirely not true. The rogue program constantly displays fake pop up alerts claiming that your computer is infected and will ask you to purchase the full version. Do not be fooled with these fake claims. Please don’t download, install or purchase MS Antivirus!
Manual MS Antivirus Removal Instructions:
• Reboot and Login to Safe Mode
• Search, Locate and Delete these files:
msa.exe
msantivirus.exe
MSAntivirus.lnk
UninstallMSAntivirus.lnk
c:\Program Files\MSA
c:\Program Files\MSA\MSA.cpl
c:\Program Files\MSA\MSA.exe
c:\Program Files\MSA\msa0.dat
c:\Program Files\MSA\msa1.dat
c:\WINDOWS\system32\MSA.cpl
c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\MSAntivirus.lnk
• Remove MS Antivirus Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AntiVirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MSA
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus”
• Restart the Computer