How to remove Antivirus 2008


	How to remove Antivirus 2008

tompetty

8-11-2008 1:01 AM

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tompetty says:

I caught this last night and thought I would give everyone a heads up on getting rid of it if you come across it on stumble like I did.Please pop this so people can get the link to get rid of it.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c884d448-365b-400a-8d15-964232aaebee/8E475AE5-96A8-449C-9E6C-0FAA657393B1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008" href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bleepingcomputer.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008"><H1>How to remove Antivirus 2008</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008"><P><SPAN class="swr-heading">What this <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="5020660">programs</A> does:</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008"><P> <STRONG>Antivirus 2008</STRONG> is a rogue anti-malware program that displays 
  false results and requires you to first purchase the <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="5666375">software</A> before you can 
  remove anything. When installed, Antivirus 2008 will <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="5780757">scan</A> your <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="6577413">computer</A> and 
  list a variety of infections found on your computer. When most anti-malware 
  programs, and even rogue ones, scan your computer they will list the infections 
  as specific registry keys or files. Antivirus 2008 moves away from this tradition 
  and instead is very general about what is infected. For example, you can see 
  in the scan results screenshot below that Antivirus 2008 states there are a 
  variety of infections in the C:\Windows folder. What it does not tell you are 
  the specific files that are bad. Maybe it does this because all of this programs 
  results are fake and they are just trying to scam you into purchasing the software? 
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