Vista Antivirus 2012 is a scam antivirus application that is contaminating the world-wide-web through the use of trojans and other ways of infecting your computer. This application is bogus and untrustworthy, you should not use any of your money to purchase this fake antispyware program.

If you have been unfortunate enough to buying a licence of the Vista Antivirus 2012 Virus then I strongly suggest you get in touch with your credit card company and request a chargeback on the transaction. Make sure that trojan virus is completely removed from your PC and do not expect any form of protection from this rogue application. Your computer will be vulnerable to further attacks from backdoor trojans and viruses that the fake antispyware will allow to infiltrate your computer system.

Vista Antivirus 2012 Virus Removal

Using this code should unlock the program: 2233-298080-3424

To make sure that you completely remove the fake antispyware software from your computer be sure to use anti spyware and antivirus software. You should use a reputable program like Stopzilla to get rid of the rogue because it offers both anti-virus plus antispyware security. Furthermore you should also think about using a program like PC Health Advisor to help repair any damage to the registry keys that may have been caused by the malicious antispyware software .

Vista Antivirus 2012 Manual Virus Removal

Because the virus infection might lock your desktop or try to stop you from removing it you may have to manually stop the program from running.

• Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to open the Task Manager
• Click on the processes tab and end process (random).exe
• If that does not work press the Start button on the window task bar
• Click Computer
• Click on your main drive (normally the C drive)
• Then click the folder named USERS
• Then click on the name of the current user
• Then click on the folder named desktop
• Then look for an icon called Vista Antivirus 2012 Icon
• Right Click on the Vista Antivirus 2012 Icon
• Select properties
• Copy the file location which is similar to C:\ProgramData\(random).exe\(random).exe

When you copy the folder location leave out the directory that contains the exe file. So if the exact location of the Vista Antivirus 2012 Virus was the same as above you would only need to copy C:\ProgramData\(random).exe\ (keep note of this on a piece of paper)

• Then navigate to the above folder
• Right click and rename the file within that folder to any name that you choose
• Next reboot/turn off and restart the computer
• You should notice that your desktop is now functional
• You should also see the Vista Antivirus 2012 icon on your desktop
• Navigate to the location of the Vista Antivirus 2012 folder that you wrote down
• You will see the file that you renamed earlier
• Right Click and delete that file
• Also delete the folder that contained that file (this would be the location that you wrote down)
• Delete the icon from your desktop

Remove these Vista Antivirus 2012 entries from your computers registry

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “(Default)” = ‘exefile’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1? = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = ‘”%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile “(Default)” = ‘Application’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1?
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = ‘”%1? %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” – ‘”%1? %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1? %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1? %*’
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”‘
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -safe-mode’
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%Program Files%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”‘

By using the methods above your PC should be free from the Vista Antivirus 2012 Virus. I would recommend that you definitely run a scan using Stopzilla and also PC Health Advisor because some of your PC registry files may also be corrupt.