recently i downloaded a program that i thought was a virus protection program. its called "personal antivirus" and since i downloaded it ive been recieving popups from the bottom right corner of my screen. they popup atleast every 60 seconds saying that there is a critical system warning. it wont let me uninstall it and there is no settings section once i open the program. how do i get rid of it so i wont get these popups anymore??? please help!!
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1 Bob // Aug 13, 2009
This will tell you everything you need to know:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-personal-antivirus
2 Shayla // Aug 13, 2009
to uninstall it go to…
start < control panel < add or remove programs < then find the title of it, click on it and there should be a button that says change/remove, click that.
hope it helped.
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3 Ignas N // Aug 13, 2009
Download an automatic Personal Antivirus remover from:
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-personal-antivirus.html
4 Helpme // Aug 13, 2009
Hello ‘kristina’:
Firstly, I hope you already had an antivirus program installed on your PC before you ever went online. That’s asking for expensive PC damage !
If this program is listed in Windows Defender, then, you can block it by using it’s Software Explorer.
To do this, open Windows Defender. Click on Tools at the top right, then, "Software Explorer" and scroll down the list to see if ‘Personal Antivirus’ is there.
You may have to click on the bottom left tab, "Show for All Users".
If you see that program listed, you can then click on the bottom right box, Remove or Disable or Enable.
If this fails, open Control Panel and dbl.-click "Add/Remove Programs" (for XP), or "Programs and Features" (Vista).
Scroll down the list and see if your program is listed and click on the top right box, "Uninstall".
Sometimes this method won’t even work ! That’s frustrating !
If everything fails to uninstall this sh_tty program, then, there’s one last-ditch effort.
Go to the folder that contains, "Personal Antivirus", and rt.-click on the .exe file. If it is ‘Read only’, then, uncheck the Read Only check-box. Now, rt.-click on this same file and click, "Delete".
Sometimes, this doesn’t work either.
I bought a CD program called, "Search and Recover 4". It only works for Windows XP. It will help to delete any pesky file that seems unremovable.
That’s the best I can do for you.
Good Luck !, kristina !
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