XP Antispyware 2010 is a software program that installs itself on your PC and proceeds to perform what is known as a “rogue antivirus scan” on your system. This has been designed to look like an official or legitimate antivirus tool, but the fact is that it does nothing to help your computer, and is only designed to try to get you to buy the upgraded version of the program. Fortunately, there is actually an easy way to remove this program that even a beginner can do.

To remove XP Antispyware 2010 from your computer, you need to know what this tool does and how it works. Basically, this spyware program has been designed to “hijack” your PC and make it look like there are a lot of viruses on the system. It tends to limit Internet connectivity, prevent “Task Manager” from working and even prevent your computer from being bootable in some cases. To remove this, you must first remove the programs it runs with, then the settings it needs to run.

how to remove it…

To remove this software from your PC, it is recommended that you first download an antispyware program and install it. If you cannot access the Internet, you should download a program from another website, and then put it on a USB stick or CD and transfer it to the infected computer. Once you’ve obtained a spyware removal program, let it run and see how many problems it finds.

You should try and let the spyware program scan as deeply as possible, as this will allow it to find all possible instances of the infection on your computer, giving it time to remove them all for you. Depending on the spyware removal program you get (some are much better than others at this task), you should be able to restart your PC after the scan is done and you find that it has cleaned all the viruses from your system.

After doing that, the next crucial step is to use a ‘registry cleaner’ to remove all the corrupted files and settings that the infection placed on your computer. It often happens that the infection leaves a lot of malicious settings on your computer, which basically keeps the infection hibernating on your PC. To completely remove the infection and prevent more viruses from entering your system, you should clean the registry with a registry cleaner.