Does anyone know what "Vista AV" is...on my Windows XP.?

Question

An icon has appeared in my control panel and I am wondering if it is something I should be concerned about it has the same icon as the security center but its titled "Vista AV".

Answer 1

Vista Anti Virus...

Nasty rogue spyware.  Good luck with that one.  

I have has the best luck removing this manually with these instructions. (used as a general guideline)

http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-vista-...

"Vista Antivirus 2008 is more fake anti-spyware, the evil twin of Antivirus2008 (which is the b*****d clone of PCcleaner). Like this other fake antispyware, Vista Antivirus 2008 might launch pretend system alert popups. This Vista Antivirus 2008 popup is supposed to scare you into buying Vista Antivirus 2008.

Vista Antivirus 2008 might be an early birthday gift from a Trojan, or maybe you accidentally downloaded Vista Antivirus 2008.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t buy it. Just remove Vista Antivirus 2008 instead."

Answer 2

Just adding my opinion on SuperAntiSpyware Free Home. It's awesome software. The only decent free antispyware software out there. Try it.

Answer 3

http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware...

run this please

Answer 4

It's probably vista anti-virus probably some error or you might have got it when you recently downloaded something. I'm not sure if its a problem but just delete it in case but as i said its probably an error.