AV8SCAN Removal Guide

AV8SCAN is a fake antivirus program that will DEFINITELY state that the computer which has AV8SCAN isntalled is infected by malwares or torjans. AV8SCAN will urge the user to purchase the full version of AV8SCAN so that to get the information of credit card of the user. AV8SCAN cannot detect and remove any malware. AV8SCAN can only produce fake report on the computer. AV8SCAN run automatically when Windows boot.

AV8SCAN can be removed by using Emsisoft HiJackFree to stop the process of AV8SCAN and remove the files. Then the user should remove the registries entries added and modified by AV8SCAN according to the removal guide stated below.

AV8SCAN should be removed immediately!

AV8SCAN Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
Antivirus8.exe
av8.exe
[random].exe

Delete Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus8
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus8"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus8

Remove Folders and Files
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus8