What will happen to my computer if i will download any anti-virus?

Question

last day i download a anti-virus the name is "windows anti-virus"or XPA, after i download it, it has affected 5 viruses in my computer.

Answer 1

are you sure "windows anti virus" or XPA is an anti virus? where did you download it? it might be a virus...

well, if you download an antivirus, and scan your computer with it, it should detect and be able to remove viruses..

i recommend you use only the popular ones to avoid getting fake anti virus..

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti...

or anti spyware,

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_awar...

http://www.spybot.com/en/download/index....

good luck

Answer 2

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

Download and install SmitfraudFix

http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.p...

After you download and install restart your PC in safe mode with networking

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

Double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon then follow the screen instructions. Option #2 should be selected in this case.

When you are prompted with “Do you want to clean the registry ?”, simply answer “Y”.

While in safe mode you should download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org

Reboot.

Answer 3

XP Antivirus 2008, XP Antivirus 2009, and XPAntiVirus are rogue antivirus programs that, when run, display false results as a tactic to scare you into purchasing the software.Go here and follow the diredtions.

Remove XPantivirus,free

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t...

Or, download superantispyware to remove it.

http://superantispyware.com

Free version.