Malware Description:
Paladin Antivirus is a pretty typical specimen of the overwhelming fake antivirus propagation cyber plague. Paladin Antivirus goes beyond the regular software routine because it attacks computers instead of being downloaded in a free-will manner. Paladin Antivirus has been spreading through trojans and insecure social engineering. If Paladin Antivirus infiltrates your machine, it injects its own entries into the Registry so that the challenged system falls under its malicious influence. Paladin Antivirus gets configured to run automatically once Windows starts. Then, Paladin Antivirus will generate many alerts and scanners which are way too misleading to be taken for granted. These ads tell you that Paladin Antivirus has detected some dangerous software (trojans, viruses, worms, spyware etc.) on your computer. Of course, all those infections are not there – Paladin Antivirus is just abusing your PC’s hospitability and tries to make you hostage its cruel intensions. The brainwashing activity of Paladin Antivirus can be explained by its desire to make you register its commercial version. Well, if Paladin Antivirus trialware can make quite a mess out of your computer, you can probably imagine what damage its activated copy can do to your PC routine. Paladin Antivirus is a program that is potentially capable of rendering your computer vulnerable, drastically slow and hardly operable. Paladin Antivirus hence does not belong on your PC. But if you try to uninstall Paladin Antivirus you may run into some difficulties such as blocked use of antivirus tools, disabled Task Manager and the absence of this scamware on Add/Remove Programs interface. This is why you should follow the instructions we have prepared for you (please see below) but be sure to enter Safe Mode with Networking when you commence the removal procedure.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove Paladin Antivirus manually:
Manual removal of Paladin Antivirus is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Paladin Antivirus.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Paladin Antivirus Support.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Paladin Antivirus.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Paladin Antivirus
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Paladin Antivirus\Paladin Antivirus Support.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Paladin Antivirus\Paladin Antivirus.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Paladin Antivirus\Uninstall Paladin Antivirus.lnk
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus\help.ico
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus\pav.db
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus\pav.exe
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus\pavext.dll
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus\phook.dll
• %Program Files%\Paladin Antivirus\uninstall.exe

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Paladin Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Paladin Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Paladin Antivirus”

Please, be aware that manual removal of Paladin Antivirus is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal Paladin Antivirus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.