How to Remove AntiMalware 2009
AntiMalware 2009 is known as a rogue (fake) anti spyware program. In most cases, AntiMalware 2009 is advertised via pop up ads that are displayed while visiting certain websites. The pop up ads state that your computer is infected and when you click on either button in the pop up, you are redirected to an anti malware scanner page. This scanner is fake and pretends to scan your computer. Once the scanner has finished, it will state that your computer is infected and suggest downloading AntiMalware 2009 to clean and repair your computer.
Once AntiMalware2009 has been installed on your PC, it will run automatically at startup, proceeding to scan your computer and list false infections. The program will state that these infections cannot be removed unless you purchase a license of the software. You may also learn that your Internet Browser has been hijacked. In this case, AntiMalware 2009 randomly injects a fake message into Internet Explorer saying that the page you are going to has been blocked due to malware activity. Moreover, your computer may appear to run much slower than usual.
Removing AntiMalware 2009 (Automatically):
This is the easy and automated way. However, you could use the manual uninstall method if you want to learn!
- Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
- Install and run the Malwarebytes software.
- Perform a Malwarebytes quick scan to detect and remove AntiMalware 2009
Note: Although the Malwarebytes tool will remove this threat for Free, if your existing Antivirus solution let the threat through, I highly recommend Purchasing the Pro version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for live protection and future malware threat prevention.
Removing AntiMalware 2009 (Manually):
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and end process: thcrkrj0etfg.exe
- Click Start > Run type regedit and press Enter
- Delete the following registry keys:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Uninstall\thcrkrj0etfg - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\thcrkrj0etfg
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform "AntiMalware2009" - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run "SMthcrkrj0etfg"
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
- Click Start > Run type cmd and press Enter
- From the command window, type cd /Program Files/thcrkrj0etfg
- Next, type the following commands, pressing enter after each entry:
- regsvr32 /u MFC71.dll
- regsvr32 /u MFC71ENU.DLL
- regsvr32 /u msvcp71.dll
- regsvr32 /u msvcr71.dll
- Delete the following files:
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\database.dat
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\license.txt
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\MFC71.dll
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\MFC71ENU.DLL
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\msvcp71.dll
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\msvcr71.dll
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\thcrkrj0etfg.exe
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\thcrkrj0etfg.exe.local
- c:\Program Files\thcrkrj0etfg\uninstall.exe
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\pphcjkrj0etfg.exe
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\AntiMalware2009.lnk
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiMalware2009
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiMalware2009.lnk
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiMalware2009\AntiMalware2009.lnk
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiMalware2009\How to Register AntiMalware2009.lnk
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiMalware2009\License Agreement.lnk
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AntiMalware2009\Register AntiMalware2009.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\AntiMalware2009.lnk %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKCU
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKCU\RunOnce
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKLM
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\HKLM\RunOnce
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\StartMenuAllUsers
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Autorun\StartMenuCurrentUser
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\BrowserObjects
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\thcrkrj0etfg\Quarantine\Packages
That's all there is to it. AntiMalware 2009 should now be uninstalled from your PC!
Enjoy! 