Antivirus 8 Removal Guide

Antivirus 8 is a fake antivirus program that disguises itself as a legitimate antivirus which cannot protect computers at all. When Antivirus 8 installs in the computer, it will start automatically when Windows boot. Antivirus 8 will scan the computer and state that the computer is infected by malwares. In fact, Antivirus 8 cannot detect any malware in the computer. Antivirus 8 will continue to alert the user to remove the malware by asking the user to purchase the full version of Antivirus 8 in order to remove the malware and to have full time protection.

Antivirus 8 claims that it can provide protection against malicious software. It provide fake features like Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Resident Shield and Scan PC. None of the these feature really function well. Be sure you don't purchase it.

Antivirus 8 should be removed immediately!

Antivirus 8 Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
av8.exe

Delete Registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A88246
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinFD
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AV8"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "WinNT-A8I 23.09.2010"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe "Debugger" = "C:\Program Files\AV8\av8.exe -d"

Remove Folders and Files
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\AV8
%ProgramFiles%\AV8
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus8.lnk