Antivirus 2008

10 May 2008 Unwanted Program 2 Comments

Antivirus 2008 is a bogus anti-virus and computer protection software that may display fake alert messages to convinced user to buy the registered version of the program. This rogue program is advertised through fake security web sites and uses Trojan to spread itself onto target computers.

Once installed and running, Antivirus 2008 starts to provide a barrage of notices stating virus attacks and occurrences of Trojans on the PC. This scare method may help authors behind the rogue software to convince user that system is infected and Antivirus 2008 is the solution to this problem. A misleading tactics commonly employs to sell a useless product and easily earn profit from this fraudulent activity.

Disregard Antivirus 2008 actions, it was meant to deceive computer users. Definitely, rogue programs must be eradicated from the system with the help of legitimate security products like anti-virus and anti-malware applications.

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Technical Details and Additional Information:

Damage Level: Medium

Systems Affected: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista

Malware Behavior
During its stay on the compromised computer, Antivirus 2008 repeatedly prompt user to remove identified viruses by purchasing the registered version. It also states that having the full version can protect the PC from virus attack. This is another misleading tactic.

Registration
This version of Antivirus 2008 is for trial purpose only. Removal and real time protection features are disabled. You can perform scanning to located viruses and malicious spyware threats on your PC.
To be able to remove threats and turn on real time protection feature, you need to register Antivirus 2008.
To do so, click Get License button below. If you have already the licensed, input the registration key you received when purchasing.

Added Registry Entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"Antivirus" = "%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus

Associated Files and Folders:

%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus\Antivirus 2008.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus\Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe

Automatic Removal of Antivirus 2008 using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

In order to completely remove the threat, it is best to download and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Sometimes, Trojans will block the downloading and installation of MBAM. If this happens, download it from a clean computer and rename the executable file before executing on the infected machine.