How can i remove a virus called "antivirus xp" from my computer? please help!?!?

Question

i got this virus called antivirus xp and it doesnt go away no matter howmany times i fix it with norton. people said that you have to do something else to remove it. please tell me what i can do to totally remove it from my computer. i went to this website and it showed how to remove it but it never worked. please please please help!! school is gonna start and i am gonna need my computer for study. please tell me what to do other than using the computer restore cd.

i am afraid to type any of my password on the computer. (i am on my dad's laptop rightnow.)

Answer 1

with norton, see where the file(virus file) is.

if the folder in which the file is is hidden, use command prompt(press run, then type cmd) use the command "cd" to find the folder and go on until you find the folder. then, type "del *file name*"

done.

if you didn't understand, please contact me, but that happened to me and i used command prompt to delete it

Answer 2

AntivirusXP2008 (or Antivirus XP 2008, AntiVirXP08, AntivirusXP 2008, Antivirus2008XP) is a new rogue antispyware program. AntivirusXP2008 rogue antispyware (or you can call it XPAntivirus2008) is a latest clone of Xp Antivirus, XPAntivirus2008, Antivirus2008, Antivirus 2008 rogue programs. Antivirus XP 2008, or Xp Antivirus, uses fake warning popups, fake security alerts to scare and trick user into buying a "full" version of AntivirusXP2008. Users can get AntivirusXP2008 infection from a Trojan (usually it can be Trojan Zlob) or fake video codec’s.

http://www.pcthreat.com/parasitebyid-695...

Answer 3

We offer a virus removal service at http://pcultracare.com Only $59 for online virus removal.

But if you want to fix it yourself you will have to:

1. find exact infections, use multiple online scans, here is a list:

http://pcultracare.com/free_online_virus...

2. research how to remove your specific infections.

3. hope that your version is the same as instructions

4. perform removal instructions

After that buy a good antivirus program like NOD32 and maybe even spysweeper if you surf various websites.

Answer 4

http://www.lancelhoff.com/2008/02/22/how...

Answer 5

try manual removal instructions

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Answer 6

Learn how to Remove virus from your computer here:

http://anti-virus-download-online.com

Good luck!

Answer 7

Automated Removal Instructions for Antivirus 2008 using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:

1. Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix.

2. Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link

3. Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.

4. Double-click on the icon on your desktop named Download_mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.

5. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.

6. MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.

7. On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform quick scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Antivirus 2008 related files.

8. MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the image below.

9. When the scan is finished a message box saying the scan has finished will come up.

10. You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the Antivirus2008 removal process.

11. You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.

12. A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown. You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine.

12. When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window.

13. You can now exit the MBAM program.

Your computer should now be free of the Antivirus2008 program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through, you may want to consider purchasing the PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types of threats in the future.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix...

this link is for the downloads and is the original page!

hope this helps!

Answer 8

Get the AVG Free anti virus, (its a good thing to have on your computer anyways) http://free.grisoft.com  also, download and install malwarebytes. it gets rid of xp antivirus. you can get it from here.

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant...

after you have installed it, make sure that it is updated, then do a full scan. when the scan has finished, click show results, then click remove selected infections