The 'fake antivirus 2008 xp' - The main problem is gone. But...

Question

The fake anti-virus installed on my PC. Used AVG to get rid. seems to have worked but i'm still getting warnings that i'm not protected when i go online. i'm just ignoring them as i know i am now protected. i have a warning now in the pop-up blocker beige bar saying "warning possible spyware or adware infection! click here to scan your computer for spyware and adware..."

If anyone can help me out on how to get rid of these last bits i'd be really greatful

Thanks

Answer 1

as you still receive the pop-ups, the infection is still there. you can run another antispyware to delete that antivirus2008 xp, cos obviously AVG isn't able to do that. or you can delete antivirus 2008 xp by following removal guide: http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antispyw...

Answer 2

To stop the warning you are not protected, go to control panel > security > security center > change the way security alerts me (in the left hand pane)

Answer 3

use the free combofix tool from Bleepingcomputer.com

Answer 4

Agree with Sly Old Mole....no antivirus will completely remove this parasite, the reason being that it is not a virus as such but a malicious codec which Malwarebytes DOES remove and has done so for thousands of users.

Answer 5

http://hands-oncorp.com/2008/08/04/antiv...

Answer 6

Antivirus2008XP, or Antivirus 2008 XP, or Antivirus XP 2008, AntivirusXP2008, is the latest rogue antispyware program. Antivirus2008XP rogue antispyware is a latest clone of XpAntivirus, Antivirus2008, Antivirus XP 2008, AntivirusXP2008, Antivirus2009 rogue programs. Antivirus2008XP usually can be installed into user’s computer after fake video codec ......

http://www.pcthreat.com/parasitebyid-701...

Answer 7

You've still got a bit of adware running: Go to http://www.spybot.com & download & run spybot s&d - that'll sort it.

Answer 8

Go to the site for the complete manual removal.

Answer 9

you still have some of the files or registry entries left over. You will need to boot into safe mode to remove them. I would use smitfraudfix like is show in this removal process: http://www.pchubs.com/blogs/antivirusxp-...

Answer 10

AVG does not remove antivirus 2008 xp

download,update & run:

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

Answer 11

Your computer is infected with rogue software. Download and run rogue antispyware removal tool from http://www.spywaregeeks.com to remove the rogue software from the computer.