On Win-XP, how to REMOVE 'antivir'?

Download a real anti-virus free app (AVG, AVAST, MSE, etc) and can to remove the threat...

Also download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and scan with it to also remove the threat if it is a spyware

Makes sense...was going to replace it with Avast anyway.

Are you saying that AntiVir is itself spyware, rather than legit anti-spyware?
Their website looked legit, but looks of course can be deceiving!

[Or, maybe there are two flavors...a legit one and a 'mock' one that is spyware?]

hi !

SarasotaSlim: "Their website looked legit"

which website ?
there are a lot of nice looking fakes...
exactly what is the name of this program ?
there are some programs that are hard to find in taskmanager, because their processes are named something completely different than the program itself.

If you are trying to remove Antivir by Avira, there is a removal tool available on their website
Avira Antivirus Solution - Download AntiVir Removal Tool

Carolyn said:

If you are trying to remove Antivir by Avira, there is a removal tool available on their website
Avira Antivirus Solution - Download AntiVir Removal Tool

Thanks.

EDIT: [Carolyn: Nope, looked at that...that seems to be (another) tool to remove
viruses, not a tool to remove the removal tool itself. ["Who's on first?"]

To 'Avira': One should NOT have to 'chase down' a product's removal-tool (from a website
or anywhere). That's a poor substitute for having product-removal 'builtin'...i.e. the installer
then puts the program in the official list, where a button then exists to later
remove the pgm if it is unwanted, or is causing trouble.

Case in point is THIS one: Now one can NOT get to such a website (from THAT
machine), because the product has jammed the machine. Sure, could waste my
time chasing down the real 'removal tool' from their site, only later to learn that
it won't remove it, because it's a 'fake'!? So, current plan is to try to remove
it with Avast.

(Maybe this is spyware trying to 'ghost' itself as being Avira AntiVir, but not.
Who knows? Is it real or is it memorex? ) As I mentioned, it is NOT my
machine, so I'm unclear of specifics of exactly how it got onto the machine.

hi !

hackerman1 said:

hi !

SarasotaSlim: "Their website looked legit"

which website ?
there are a lot of nice looking fakes...
exactly what is the name of this program ?
there are some programs that are hard to find in taskmanager, because their processes are named something completely different than the program itself.

EDIT: [Carolyn: Nope, looked at that...that seems to be (another) tool to remove
viruses, not a tool to remove the removal tool itself. ["Who's on first?"]

Oops, my bad (more coffee needed here)

Download the AntiVir uninstaller,
http://www.avira.com/en/documents/utils/av7_tools/en/avuninstXPeng.zip

and Avira Reg Cleaner,
http://www.avira.com/en/documents/utils/av7_tools/registrycleaner.zip

Save them both to your desktop.

Unzip both files to their own folder.

Open the AvUninstXPeng folder. Close all programs including AntiVir, then double click on AvUnist.exe to run it. Click yes when asked if you want to remove AntiVir. When it is finished reboot your PC.

Open the RegistryCleaner folder and double click on the Registry Cleaner file. Click the Remove RegKeybutton then click Ok. When it is finished Reboot your PC again.