XP Anti Virus 2008 Backgroudn Removal?

Question

Hello. I finally got rid of the software itself but have in big blue and yellow as my background..."Warning! Spyware detected on your computer! Install an antivirus or spyware remover to clean your computer."

Anyone know how to get rid of this? I tried change the background through the Control Panel but it didn't remove it, just changed whats behind...

Answer 1

your computer is infected with rogue software called XP antivirus 2008. Download and run good rogue antispyware removal from http://www.spywaregeeks.com/index.html to remove the XP antivirus 2008.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You can change it through display properties. If your desktop tab is missing in display properties, download a small tool from here to get it back

http://xp-solutions.blogspot.com/

Answer 4

either try using "ccleaner" or get "avg" or some other antivirus software

or try right clicking>properties>desktop

Answer 5

It is very important to remove all the components of of the XP Antivirus 2008 and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader). To effectively remove XP Antivirus 2008, we have created a manual removal instructions which is easy to understand.

Unregister XP Antivirus 2008 DLL Files:

shlwapi.dll

wininet.dll

Stop XP Antivirus 2008 Processes:

XPAntivirus.exe

XPAntivirusUpdate.exe

xpa.exe

xpa2008.exe

Find and Delete these XP Antivirus 2008:

xpa.exe

xpa2008.exe

XPAntivirus.exe

XPAntivirusUpdate.exe

shlwapi.dll

wininet.dll

XP antivirus

XPAntivirus.lnk

Uninstall XPAntivirus.lnk

XPAntivirus on the Web.lnk

XPAntivirus.url

XP Antivirus 2008.lnk

Uninstall XP Antivirus 2008.lnk

Remove XP Antivirus 2008 Registry Values:

HKEY_USERS\Software\XP antivirus