How to Remove Blue Screen Virus

The blue screen is generated by the rogue anti-virus program, Antivirus 2010. This rogue anti-virus program installs itself onto your PC and proceeds to flood your PC with pop-ups and fake system security scans. Also find here how to fix Black Screen of Death.

It displays a blue screen with the message 'A spyware application has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer'. Find here how to remove fake Windows security alert.

So find here the virus protection guide to remove blue screen virus form your computer completely. But the given solution is only for Win 7 and Win Vista. Follow these easy steps -

Step 1: Open Windows Task Manager with 'Ctrl + Shift + Esc' and click 'Processes' tab.

Step 2: Now delete these processes if it is running: 

AV2010.exe

svchost.exe

wingamma.exe

Step 3: Now go to 'Start -> Run' and type 'regedit' to open the Registry Editor.

Step 4: Now delete the following registry entries as given below. To delete these entries, just right-click on entries and click 'Delete'.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AV2010

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{3C40236D-990B-443C-90E8-B1C07BCD4A68}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEDefender.DLL

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEDefender.IEDefenderBHO.1

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{7BC7565C-5062-43CE-8797-DC2C271140A9}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{705FD64B-2B7B-4856-9337-44CA1DA86849}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{FC8A493F-D236-4653-9A03-2BF4FD94F643}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0012

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0013

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0014

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Windows Gamma Display"

....and close the Registry Editor.

Step 5: Simply click 'Start' and type 'cmd' into the 'Search Programs and Files' box and hit 'Enter'. The Command Prompt opens.

Step 6: Type 'regsvr32 /u IEDefender.dll' into the Command Prompt and hit 'Enter'. Click 'Yes' if asked to confirm and close the Command Prompt.

Step 7: Now go to 'Start -> Search Programs and Files', and search & delete the following files and folders -

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\AV2010.lnk

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010\Uninstall.lnk

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\AV2010\AV2010.lnk

c:\Program Files\AV2010

Now it‘s time to restart your computer.

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