AntivirXP08 Bug on a computer

Question

Sorry Nick , but I tried your suggestions and it has not done anything yet- I followed what you told the lady , and went to 285 clicked on it , pressed run and no result - This is a nasty little bug - It also keeps redirecting away from sites like Panda or Trend Micro home visit - Any other ideas please - Thank You

Answer 1

XP Antivirus 2008 (XPAntivirus 2008) is a new version of well known fake spyware cleaner. This program have aggressive behaviour and deceptive advertising tactic. XP Antivirus 2008 displays false security warnings and malware detection reports to scare users into buying full version of this useless program. Likewise older versions, XP Antivirus 2008 can install other malware, capture browser's homepage, redirect search results and slow your computer. We recomend to remove XP Antivirus 2008 from your PC.

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try manual removal instructions

Answer 2

get " Smitfraudfix " its free start computer in safe mode and run it. It will start in DOS box take 5 to 10 minutes to finish and give a report at the end telling you what it found and deleted

then you can reboot in normal mode

Answer 3

AntivirXP08 is a fake antivirus. It is VERY difficult to get rid of so don't let these things happen again.

To remove this, I've a link for you under my sources and make sure you follow the instructions from the link I gave you and you'll be fine.  It's a fake to convince you to think your computer is really infected and get you to download/buy another fake anti-virus/anti-spyware program to get you more infected.

It is also recommended for you to download the good free anti-virus and anti-spywares. I have the links to all of them too. Choose 1 anti-virus and if you want to, you can choose more than 1 anti-spywares.

Good antiviruses : Avira, AVG, Avast!

Good antispywares : Spyware Terminator, Lavasoft Adaware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Super Antispyware.

Run weekly scans with these!

You can also download free virus removal tools from kaspersky & bitdefender.

KEEP THESE ANTI-PROGRAMS TO PREVENT THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

Answer 4

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

This question leads you to the right place. It is the best answer. I would recommend them to any one. Go to the btexpress site to solve your computer problems.  

Answer 5

i know spyhunter can get rid of it, but you will have to pay for it. Not sure if there is a trial but you should try and google it

Answer 6

Please try this_it might took a while but it'll work.

It is very important to remove all the components of of the XP Antivirus 2008 and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader). To effectively remove XP Antivirus 2008, you need to find some files in your system

Manual XP Antivirus 2008 Removal Instructions:

Unregister XP Antivirus 2008 DLL Files:

Click here to know how to do it (http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unr...

shlwapi.dll

wininet.dll

Stop XP Antivirus 2008 Processes: (Do it from Task Manager (Alt+Ctrl+Delete then Select the process Tab select the

XPAntivirus.exe

XPAntivirusUpdate.exe

xpa.exe

xpa2008.exe

Then End Process.

Find and Delete these XP Antivirus 2008: (make a Search and locate them in your system)

xpa.exe

xpa2008.exe

XPAntivirus.exe

XPAntivirusUpdate.exe

shlwapi.dll

wininet.dll

XP antivirus

XPAntivirus.lnk

Uninstall XPAntivirus.lnk

XPAntivirus on the Web.lnk

XPAntivirus.url

XP Antivirus 2008.lnk

Uninstall XP Antivirus 2008.lnk

Remove XP Antivirus 2008 Registry Values: (Run>Regedit>HKEY_USERS\Software\XP antivirus)

Hope it'll help.