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How to remove Vista Antimalware 2010 (Uninstall instructions)

Vista Antimalware 2010 is a rogue antispyware program, which is a fresh clone of Vista Antispyware 2010. Like other rogues, the program simulates a system scan and reports false system security threats or infections to make you think your computer is infected with worms, trojans, adware, spyware and other malicious software. As before, nothing new here, Vista Antimalware 2010 is distributed with the help of trojans. When the trojan is initialized, it will download and install core component of the rogue onto your computer without your permission and knowledge. The same trojan will also register Vista Antimalware 2010 in the Windows registry to run automatically every time when you start any program, which have “exe” extension.

When Vista Antimalware 2010 is started, the rogue will start the imitation of scanning your machine, whose result is the discovery of the set of trojans, viruses and other malicious programs. Do not rely on these results, as they are, and besides, the scanning process – it is a fake. Purpose they have one, to force you to believe that your computer is infected. So you can safety ignore all that this fake antispyware will show you. Last but not least, the rogue will also hijack Internet Explorer and Firefox, so it will display fake warnings when you opening any web site.

As stated above, obviously, Vista Antimalware 2010 is scam, which designed with one purpose to scare you into thinking that your computer in danger as a method to trick you into purchasing the full version of the program. If your computer is infected with this malware, then most importantly, do not purchase it! Uninstall the rogue from your PC as soon as possible. Use the removal guide below to remove Vista Antimalware 2010 from your computer for free.

Use the following instructions to remove Vista Antimalware 2010

Step 1. Repair “running of .exe files”.

Method 1

Click Start, Run. Type command and press Enter. Type notepad and press Enter.
Notepad opens. Copy all the text below into Notepad.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

Save this as fix.reg to your Desktop (remember to select Save as file type: All files in Notepad.)
Double Click fix.reg and click YES for confirm.
Reboot your computer.

Method 2

Click Start, Run. Type command and press Enter. Type notepad and press Enter.
Notepad opens. Copy all the text below into Notepad.

[Version]
Signature="$Chicago$"
Provider=Myantispyware.com

[DefaultInstall]
DelReg=regsec
AddReg=regsec1

[regsec]
HKCU, Software\Classes\.exe
HKCU, Software\Classes\secfile
HKCR, secfile
HKCR, .exe\shell\open\command

[regsec1]
HKCR, exefile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*"
HKCR, .exe,,,"exefile"
HKCR, .exe,"Content Type",,"application/x-msdownload"

Save this as fix.inf to your Desktop (remember to select Save as file type: All files in Notepad.)
Right click to fix.inf and select Install. Reboot your computer.

Step 2. Remove Vista Antimalware 2010 associated malware.

Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM). Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer.

Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MalwareBytes Anti-malware onto your computer. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure a checkmark is placed next to “Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware” and Launch “Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware”. Then click Finish.

MalwareBytes Anti-malware will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

As MalwareBytes Anti-malware will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main menu. You will see window similar to the one below.

malwarebytes-antimalware1
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Window

Make sure the “Perform quick scan” option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Vista Antimalware 2010 infection. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.

When the scan is finished a message box will appear that it has completed scanning successfully. Click OK. Now click “Show Results”. You will see a list of infected items similar as shown below.
Note: list of infected items may be different than what is shown in the image below.

mbam
Malwarebytes Anti-malware, list of infected items

Make sure all entries have a checkmark at their far left and click “Remove Selected” button to remove Vista Antimalware 2010. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will now remove all of associated Vista Antimalware 2010 files and registry keys and add them to the programs’ quarantine. When MalwareBytes Anti-malware has finished removing the infection, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.

Note 1: if you can not download, install, run or update Malwarebytes Anti-malware, then follow the steps: Malwarebytes won`t install, run or update – How to fix it.

Note 2: if you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum.

Vista Antimalware 2010 creates the following files and folders

%AppData%\ave.exe

Vista Antimalware 2010 creates the following registry keys and values

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\start
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\start\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command | @ = “”%AppData%\ave.exe” /START “%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command | IsolatedCommand = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe | @ = “secfile”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe | Content Type = “application/x-msdownload”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command | @ = “”%AppData%\ave.exe” /START “%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command | IsolatedCommand = “”%1″ %*”

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March 19, 2010 on 9:20 am | In Malware removal, Rogue Anti Spyware | 72 Comments |


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  1. Thank you so much for your time and effort. Your methods removed malware!!!!!!!!!your a life saver

    Comment by kelly — March 21, 2010 #

  2. Thank you very much for the time and effort put into this, very well explained and helped me get rid of that trash virus.

    Comment by SH — March 23, 2010 #

  3. Fantastic! Very easy instructions to follow and got rid of it 100%. Many thanks guys!!!!

    Comment by Princey — March 25, 2010 #

  4. Thanks

    Comment by Keith — March 28, 2010 #

  5. Followed the instructions and Vista Anti Malware seems to be gone! Thank you.

    Comment by Rudrish — March 29, 2010 #

  6. Thank you so much. I followed your simple instructions and got rid of Vista Antimalware

    Comment by bill summers — March 31, 2010 #

  7. Great one..life saver…Too good..I just did Method 2 from step 1. and I was free from stupid virus…people who put virus in other’s system should be hanged… just cannot explain in wods ur grattitude…

    Comment by Ruma — April 1, 2010 #

  8. I used method 1 – works fine.

    Comment by mike — April 1, 2010 #

  9. Thanks you soo mucn for that! Appreciate it a lot

    Comment by shaf — April 2, 2010 #

  10. What Do I Put In the “Run” Box???

    Comment by Jasmine — April 2, 2010 #

  11. Thank You Soooo Much!!!! Bless You…U Save Me!!!

    Comment by Jasmine — April 2, 2010 #

  12. Jasmine, type command and press Enter.

    Comment by Patrik — April 3, 2010 #

  13. I used method 2, worked perfectly, thanks!

    Comment by Matt — April 3, 2010 #

  14. Thank you for the “easy to follow” instructions. I used method #1 and it worked great! Keep up the good service.

    Comment by Eldon Searles — April 3, 2010 #

  15. Used method 2, thanks!

    Comment by Sarah — April 4, 2010 #

  16. Thank u thank u thank u! U saved me from throwin the damn thing on the floor! I used method two worked perfectly! Much appreciated

    Comment by Sooo thankful — April 5, 2010 #

  17. Thank you for making it easy to fix.

    Comment by val — April 7, 2010 #

  18. thank you so much for offering this free of charge! i wish i knew how this nasty thing got on my computer…FYI i printd out the instructions before doing them…thanks to you, it’s gone now =)

    Comment by jenn — April 11, 2010 #

  19. Excellent DOWNLOAD directions. Did the trick. Thanks again.

    Comment by Jimbo — April 11, 2010 #

  20. AMAZING! Had to go into a P2P program to use the browser because the infection wouldn’t let me use Internet Explorer! All is fixed, great instructions. Thank you so much for posting this and not forcing me to spend $$$ to have someone fix it. Much appreciated.

    Comment by Jayna — April 12, 2010 #

  21. Thank you sooooo much…couldnt use web browers or anything now its all better!!!… thanks!

    Comment by Rhi — April 12, 2010 #

  22. method 2 worked for me just fine..no more annoying malware popups I am glad I came to this website!! Kudos !!!

    Comment by little — April 13, 2010 #

  23. THANK U SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH simple instructions quick and easy and didint even have to spend anythin u guys r great

    Comment by hank — April 13, 2010 #

  24. i used method #2. everything appears to be back to normal. thank you so much

    Comment by CAH — April 13, 2010 #

  25. Thanks TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMUCH SIR

    Method 2 worked for me and Now I am not seeing Vista AntiMalware alert.

    Thanks for Good Work to share without any cost.

    Comment by AJAY — April 14, 2010 #

  26. Thank you so much !
    I followed your simple instructions and your method ‘step 1) removed malware.

    Comment by phil — April 14, 2010 #

  27. Great work mate… used 1 method and work straight off… best direction i have used in getting rid of infection… so hard to find honest ones, welldone you!!!! reccomended highly.. x

    Comment by Laura — April 14, 2010 #

  28. malware bytes sorted it right out nice 1!!! :)
    i was trying to download music illegally and java popped up then it took over my security and try to make me pay for the software …. i have learnt my lesson!!! pay for your music people

    who ever you are thanks for this

    Comment by a dj — April 14, 2010 #

  29. Thanks guys you saved me a lot of trouble. I tried everything I knew hunting down all its files and stopping its services thanks for the registry info. I just deleted the entire set of registry keys that it was saving under. My system has shown no signs of damage or of vista antimalware trying to come back.

    Comment by william — April 15, 2010 #

  30. Absolutely brilliant, it was driving me crazy, i actually thought it was my security system, thankfully I managed to find this site, used the option 1 and it seems to be gone, thank you so much..

    Comment by Abad — April 15, 2010 #

  31. Thankyou. I’m impressed 2mins Job done. x

    Comment by Mike — April 15, 2010 #

  32. Thank you for the detailed removal instructions, I used method#2, clear & simple.

    Comment by Bunny9 — April 15, 2010 #

  33. I used method 2 & TDSS Killer before I was able to use the Malwarebyte Anti-malware and finally get rid of this (Vista Antimalware) malware or so I thought, then I restarted my laptop and find everythings screwed up.

    Now, it seems the anti-malware is disabled and whenever I try to open it, explorer or firefox, it always asks me which file I want to open it with… (only firefox works out of the three).

    Its driving me crazy

    Comment by Frank — April 16, 2010 #

  34. Method 1 worked for me. Your efforts in posting this is much appreciated.
    Thank you

    Comment by Dave — April 17, 2010 #

  35. Thank you!

    Comment by Seh150 — April 17, 2010 #

  36. Thanks for the instruction to remove Vista Antimalware. A few minutes and it was gone.

    Comment by Dave — April 17, 2010 #

  37. good job

    Comment by Dave — April 17, 2010 #

  38. Frank, follow the steps below:
    Click Start, Run, type regedit and press Enter.
    Registry editor opens.
    Navigate in the left panel to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Clients \ StartMenuInternet \ IEXPLORE.EXE \ shell \ open \ command

    I the right part of window click twice to “@”. You will see a screen with the contents like below: “C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\ave.exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”
    Remove left part, leave only “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”.

    Reboot your PC and try run Inernet Explorer.

    Comment by Patrik — April 17, 2010 #

  39. Thank you so much! It was very easy to remove the program. I used method 1.

    Comment by G — April 17, 2010 #

  40. Hi Patrik (Going by the responses above, I assumed you are the one who has published the procedure to eliminate Vista antimalware)

    Thank you very much. Vista Malware had become a pain in th a$$. I had tried so many other methods but could not hunt it down. Following Method 1 and Malware bytes anti-malware removed it entirely.
    You have another fan now…..Thanks once again.

    Comment by Arun — April 17, 2010 #

  41. I also wanted to thank the poster for this information. I tried four different methods and nothing worked to get rid of “vista antimalware 2010″ until i tried method 2 above. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.

    Comment by Ben S — April 18, 2010 #

  42. Thank you for this! I used method 1 and it worked perfectly. You sir, are a legend :)

    Comment by molly — April 18, 2010 #

  43. Had a Sony Vaio laptop given to me 3 hours ago by my stepson, asking if i could find what was wrong. I found the vistamalware popping up, so searched and found this. Problem solved. I used method 1. and now my stepson thinks i ama genious. lol. Thanks for the info. Very helpful.

    Comment by Martyn Hier — April 20, 2010 #

  44. Tried method 1 – it took off the malware but now no programs will work – it says that nothing is associated with it – what happened?

    Comment by Melissa — April 20, 2010 #

  45. Melissa, try repeat first step. If it does not help, then try following:

    Click Start, Run. Type command and press Enter. Type notepad and press Enter.
    Notepad opens. Copy all the text below into Notepad.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe]
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithList]
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithProgids]
    "exefile"=hex(0):

    Save this as fix.reg to your Desktop (remember to select Save as file type: All files in Notepad.)
    Double Click fix.reg and click YES for confirm.
    Reboot your computer.

    Comment by Patrik — April 21, 2010 #

  46. Thanks for your clear and concise advise. The removal was relatively simple although when I tried to run the fix.reg file I got a message that it wasn’t a registry file. I ignored this and rebooted the computer and problem was solved so once again thank you very much…you guys are legends!

    Comment by Nick — April 21, 2010 #

  47. i cant do any of this the thing just keeps blocking it

    Comment by Jose ramirez — April 21, 2010 #

  48. Jose, you need run Command console (Start, Run, type “command” w/o quotes and press Enter). In command console type notepad and press Enter. Then follow the steps above.

    Comment by Patrik — April 22, 2010 #

  49. Really useful!
    first trick worked
    Thanks a lot!

    Comment by Andrew — April 22, 2010 #

  50. Thanks a lot for da help. Method 1 worked jus fine for me

    Comment by Jack — April 23, 2010 #

  51. Thank you! :)

    Comment by Megan — April 24, 2010 #

  52. you guys are the best, really appreciate all the help! used method 2

    Comment by dave the wave — April 24, 2010 #

  53. THANK YOU! I did both (to be on the safe side) and the second one worked for me. Like many others, I had to use two computers because my infected one couldn’t access the internet. I am so glad that fiasco is over. Hopefully it stays that way. You’re instructions were very easy to follow. Thanks again!

    Comment by Sarah — April 25, 2010 #

  54. many thanks

    have no idea where this came from but my mcaffe caught 39 trojans when this thing got in

    your instructions were amazing

    2 worked for me….got my comp back up and running but…

    did a scan and it says one still in my system…

    anything else i have to do to remove it??

    Comment by neil — April 26, 2010 #

  55. Thank you thank you very much because my computer does not Serbian since the problem by weight and is now much better and faster than before. luck with the programs and that everything goes well ………

    Comment by JONATHAN — April 26, 2010 #

  56. This really work! I have gone through many websites researching about this virus, and had doubt before this cause even the fake antimalware can look so real,Im afraid this is another virus but thank god this actually save me(method 2)! thanks a lot Patrik! your help is really appreciated!! =D

    Comment by Adeline — April 26, 2010 #

  57. Tous mes remerciements. La méthode 2 a fonctionné après échec de la méthode 1.
    Pour un néophyte sous Vista, une difficulté à arriver au bloc note car la commande Exécuter n’apparait pas dans le menu démarrer, ni la commande Type de commande. On m’a aidé à arriver directement au bloc note. Ouf! Tout remarche normalement.
    C’est magique et incompréhensible, mais ça fonctionne. Merci infiniment de votre aide si précieuse.
    Une question suis-je protégé d’une nouvelle incursion?

    Comment by Luc Lefèvre — April 26, 2010 #

  58. thank you so much for this…absolutely fabulous! i used method 1 and everything seems to be back to normal.

    Comment by melody — April 27, 2010 #

  59. Thank you so much! I used method 2 and the virus was gone in a matter of minutes. thanks for your time and effort you’re a really life saver!!!

    Comment by Millie — April 27, 2010 #

  60. neil, open a new topic in our Spyware removal forum. I will check your PC.

    Comment by Patrik — April 27, 2010 #

  61. Thank you! I can sleep tonight.

    Comment by Mark — April 27, 2010 #

  62. Hi and thank you so so much Patrik! Mmwah! I love you! You saved my laptop as I was ready to throw it against the wall. Vista anti-motherfkn-malware disappeared after performing method 1.
    One question, can I delete the fix.reg file from my desktop now?

    Comment by Beck — April 27, 2010 #

  63. Beck, yes you can remove the fix.reg.

    Comment by Patrik — April 28, 2010 #

  64. You are the BIG Kahuna. Much Mahalo for sharing your talent. You’ll be rewarded.

    Comment by Ron in Hawaii — April 28, 2010 #

  65. I used method 1 and it worked, but now 2 weeks later its back!!!! I started to try method 2 but it wont let me open my command prompt. any suggestions?

    Comment by Rachel — May 5, 2010 #

  66. Rachel, the first method is blocked too ?

    Comment by Patrik — May 5, 2010 #

  67. Hi patrik, I can’t even save the notepad after pasting..
    it just disappear and the pop out keeps coming out.. pls advice me..T_T

    Comment by Adeline — May 15, 2010 #

  68. Adeline, created fix.reg or fix.inf using another PC, them move this file to your computer using a flash or cd disk.

    Comment by Patrik — May 16, 2010 #

  69. Hi, I tried Method 1 but while it was installing the updates, it got stuck on 5, I had 11 updates and it froze for more than 5 hours so I shut down my computer and started it again but I don’t think the virus is gone. What do I do now? Thank you for your help.

    Comment by Sarah — June 12, 2010 #

  70. Sarah, if you unsure, please start a new topic in our Spyware removal forum. I will check your PC.

    Comment by Patrik — June 12, 2010 #

  71. I’d love to try these methods, and get rid of these Antivirus alerts, except it won’t even let me open my command prompt. It opens for a nanosecond before it gives me the old cmd.exe is infected, would I like to activate my antivirus..
    Please help, this virus has affected two of my accounts so far.

    Comment by Nadine — August 10, 2010 #

  72. Nadine, type exactly “command” w/o quotes and press Enter.

    Comment by Patrik — August 10, 2010 #

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