How to Manually Remove Virus Doctor

Virus Doctor is actually a spyware program.

The Virus Doctor is a type of malware infection known as a rogue anti-spyware program. Rogue programs disguise themselves as legitimate antivirus programs in an attempt to trick an infected computer user into divulging their credit card information. Some rogue antispyware, such as Virus Doctor, use trojans and other malware infections to spread the installation of rogue programs. Fortunately, the Virus Doctor can be removed in a few steps by most computer users.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Kill the processes associated with the Virus Doctor infection in the Task Manager. Press "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" or "Ctrl + Shift + Esc" on the keyboard to access the utility.

2. Click the "Processes" tab in the window to display a list of the background process. Select the filename of the Virus Doctor processes and click the "End Process" button to stop the processes.

   The Virus Doctor processes to be stopped are:

   VirusDoctor.exe
   VDocf360.exe
   %UserProfile%\Desktop\VirusDoctor.exe
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\unins000.exe
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\VDo[RANDOM].exe

3. Remove the entries associated with the Virus Doctor in the Registry Editor utility. Click the "Start" button and type "regedit" into the search box. Click the "Registry Editor" option that appears in the list.

4. Click the "Edit" option from the menu bar and click on "Find." Copy and paste the name of the registry entry into the text box. Click the "Find" button to locate the registry entry. Right-click the entry and choose "Delete" from the context menu. Complete this process for each of the registry keys.

   The Virus Doctor registry entries to be deleted are:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run virus doctor
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run virus doctor
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 displayicon
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 displayname
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 displayversion
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 helplink
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 inno setup: app path
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 inno setup: icon group
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 inno setup: setup version
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 inno setup: user
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 installdate
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 installlocation
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 nomodify
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 norepair
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 publisher
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 urlinfoabout
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virus doctor_is1 urlupdateinfo
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run virus doctor

5. Delete the files and folders associated with Virus Doctor. Click the "Start" button and choose "Search." Click "All Files and Folders" and type the name of the Virus Doctor file into the search box. Select "Local Hard Drives" and click the "Search" button to locate the file. Right-click the file's icon and choose "Delete." Make sure to delete all the files and folders associated with the Virus Doctor.

   The Virus Doctor files and folders to be deleted are:

   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Virus Doctor.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Virus Doctor\settings.ini
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Virus Doctor\uill.ini
   %UserProfile%\Desktop\Virus Doctor.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Virus Doctor.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Virus Doctor.lnk
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\Languages\VDDe.lng
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\Languages\VDFr.lng
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\Languages\VDIt.lng
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\System Data Configuration\DBInfo.ver
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\System Data Configuration\vd[RANDOM].bd
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[RANDOM]\unins000.dat
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\System Data Configuration\config.cfg
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\System Data Configuration\DB.ini
   mozcrt19.dll
   sqlite3.dll

References

• FasterPCCleanClean: Remove Virus Doctor
• 2-Viruses: Virus Doctor - how to remove