Windows anti-virus 2008?

Question

I have spyware on my computer claiming to be windows antivirus 2008, it keeps showing these fake popups that look like the windows security screen saying I have no antivirus installed, it's also flashing in my task bar but i can't get rid of it. How did I get it and how can I get rid of it?

Answer 1

spybot search and destroy,,and also for a second one use malwarebytes anti-malware...

http://malwarebytes.org/

Answer 2

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 3

use manual removal instructions

http://fix-computer-problem.com/rogue-an...

Answer 4

Go to this link for instructions. http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/...

Answer 5

WindowsAntiVirus2008 attempts through popups and fake scans to get you to purchase the full version of the WindowsAntiVirus2008 rogue program.

For free removal scroll to this.....ignoring all ads above this.

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

Please update before scanning.

Answer 6

Use combofix and the things the guy above said

Answer 7

It's not just an alert but it's a rogue software that mimics a valid anti virus software. I was also infected and it took me 2 days to figure out what to do.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

First, download this program.

With my machine, my start menu, task manager has all been disable and my C: drive was in a total lockdown as well. If the virus is active and keep running, malwarebytes will run at an extremely slow rate and will stall, making it almost impossible to detect infection that needs to be removed.

What I did was to enable my task manager so I can kill the process.

Download this program to enable your task manager if you are locked out.

http://www.taskmanagerfix.com/

Go to processes and locate these to be terminated:-

%program_files%\xpantivirus\xpantiviru...

xpantivirus.exe

download.exe

%program_files%\xpantivirus\sysbackup\...

install_xp.exe

%program_files%\xpantivirus\sysbackup\...

%program_files%\xpantivirus\sysbackup\...

%program_files%\xpantivirus\unins000.e...

xpantivirusupdate.exe

Once you have killed the processes, run malwarebytes and it will take care of the rest.

Good Luck!