What is Antivirus XP 2008



Antivirus XP 2008 is a Rogue Anti-Spyware Program.
The tool is, in essence, a scare tactic employed by malware authors in an attempt to gain revenue.

The program will produce tons of bogus results and persistently shows you warnings of non-existent threats.




Its final goal is to trick you into purchasing the software, promising to remove these 'infections' that don't even exist!



Where does it come from?

*Fake codecs from adult sites.



*Sites promoting cracks and warez are also common places to find this infection.

How to remove Antivirus XP 2008

There are a few tools that target and remove Antivirus XP 2008.

One of the simplest ways is to run MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware.

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from Here or Here

Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application.

• Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
• If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
• Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Quick Scan", then click Scan.
• The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
• When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
• Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
• When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note)
• The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
• Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply.

Extra Note:
If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process,if asked to restart the computer,please do so immediately.

Please take note that Antivirus XP 2008 comes bundled with many infections, often seen with popular infections such as virtumundo aka vundo.
If after following the above instructions you are still experiencing problems, please feel free to post a Hijack This log in our Malware Forums.

We ask that you please read and follow the instructions in this thread before posting a log.

This post has been edited by Mike: Sep 29 2008, 08:26 AM

I apologize if I am posting incorrectly. I wanted to know if this solution will work for me if the name of the virus is different?

It does the same exact thing, alerts, warnings such as "Windows system files have been compromised. Probable cause: malware infection.
Replace modified files with backup copies and perform a scan for malware?" , "Warning! Spyware activity detected. System halted. Please perform a full system scan for viruses and spyware to prevent threat from spreading. Start scan now?", fake blue screen of death stating spyware found, fake restart screen as if Windows is rebooting and states "Windows has found an unregistered copy of Rapid Antivirus Software, Microsoft Security Center recommends activating your antivirus software...blah blah blah.

I have used both McAfee and Nortons but neither have found or removed it. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try this since nothing else has worked. I will do so right now, but I would still like to know if it's the same virus listed here under a different name or something entirely unrelated.


Apologies again if this is posted incorrectly,

Best regards

Talina

I would go ahead and try it, it is probably a variant of this infection

However if it doesn't remove it, post in the HJT forum

Just a quick follow up. This solution worked perfectly, thank you so much!

Glad to hear it worked

I saw in your other post you have used both McAfee and Norton. Make sure you only have one AV running, having them both will cause more problems then help.

Hi,

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Lara