How do I remove antivirus xp 2008?

Question

How do I remove antivirus xp 2008?

Answer 1

AntiVirXP08, or Anti Vir XP 08,AntivirusXP2008, Antivirus XP 2008 is the latest rogue antispyware program. AntiVirXP08 is a clone of XP Antivirus or WinAntivirusPro. Usually AntiVirXP08 infection can come after fake video codec installation that can come with Trojan, malware or virus inside. AntiVirXP08 will generate misleading system popup, error messages and scan reports to trick user into buying AntiVirXP08 "full" version.

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

Answer 2

Antivirus XP 2008 is a suspect anti-spyware application that have a set of features which do not work, and produces false positives which may goad the user into purchasing the application. Antivirus XP 2008 show various pop-up advertisements and fake security messages, which may disturb your work and slow down computer performance. Antivirus XP 2008 is a clone of XP Antivirus fake antispyware. It is recomended to remove Antivirus XP 2008 from your computer.

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try manual removal instructions

Answer 3

Automated Removal Instructions for Antivirus XP 2008

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

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/mal...

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

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

4) 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.

5)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

6) 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 XP 2008 related files.

7) MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware

8)When the scan is finished a message box will appear:

the scan completed successfully.

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

10) A screen displaying all the malware that the program found

11)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.

13You can now exit the MBAM program.

Answer 4

go here:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

Answer 5

I had a recent computer problem, and I kept getting popups to download Antivirus 2008, which is a SCAM. After trying many malware programs, I finally fixed my PC by downloading Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM). I hope this info works for you.

Here are the steps to follow. No. 1 is the easiest solution. If that doesn't work, go to 2, then 3, etc.

1. Run quick scan with MBAM.

2. Turn off system restore and then run quick scan. If no malware is detected, turn system restore back on and reboot computer.

3. Turn off system restore. Run computer in safe mode and do a quick scan. If no malware is detected, turn system restore back on and reboot computer.

4. Do all the c**p above, but use complete scan.

I found out last week that some of the most recommended AV programs (besides MBAM) are BitDefender, ClamAV, F-Prot, F-Secure, Avast, AVG, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro.

There is VERY GOOD info on the next 3 links.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

http://ultcomprepair.blogspot.com/2008/0...

http://ultcomprepair.blogspot.com/2008/0...

Here's a google link that will probably give you more info than you need to know.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ant...

Answer 6

It is a rogue anti-spyware program similar to the well known XP Antivirus rogue application.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

Download SmitFraudFix

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix...

Restart your PC in safe mode with networking

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

Run SmitFraudFix

Download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org

Answer 7

I recommend that you use Clamwin for this problem.

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows

that uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software

Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.

There is a portable version of ClamWin where it can be install into an USB thumb drive. You install in a USB thumb drive as small as 64 MB.

First use another uninfected PC to download Clamwin portable anti-virus and install Clamwin portable on a USB thumb drive.

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/c...

How to configure ClamWin

http://support.real-time.com/open-source...

Update the latest anti-virus definition files.

Set the preferences to delete or move virus to a quarantine folder.

Boot up in safe mode on the infected PC.

If possible, disable system restore on the infected PC.

Use the USB drive with Clamwin Anti-virus installed to scan the infected PC.

Scan memory and all hard drives for viruses.

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ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows

that uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software

Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.

Because it is free, the standard requirements for antivirus programs

would not be quite appropriate here. It doesn't have real-time

protection, so it can only be used as an on-demand scanner and doesn't

offer any real-time on access protection. However, this is where its

usability lies - as an additional layer of protection, it's very good.

With no real-time protection ClamWin won't conflict with any other

Anti-Virus program.

Clamwin's programmers designed a unique scanning engine that no other

antivirus has so it increases the chances of malware getting detected.

The scanning engine scan everyfiles like it is searching for head lices with a tooth comb.

Most malwares are designed to attack popular antivirus products,

but since Clamwin is much less used, it's capable of fighting the viruses

when industry leaders fail.