I think this virus took over my laptop. I can't open the internet without getting tons of popups all over the screen saying I have a virus, and it tells me to download something. Also, the only webpage that it will come up with is from something called 'antivirus 2008'. It's now my homepage and it keeps opening up random tabs, and it won';t let me navigate away from this site. Also, I can;t open any programs because it says theat something called 'spools.exe' won't work, so now nothing works. I even tried safe mode but I get the spools message, and I can't even run MSconfig. Oh, and it also turned by background bright red witha biohazard symbal and it reads' you have been infacted with a virus…blah blah blah' and so on. Is there some site besides trendmicro where I can get a scan? Or, is there any way to disable the program BEFORE startup, like from the setup menu or something? Or, as a LAST resort, how much might a repair be? What is this thing?
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Klathorn // Jul 28, 2008
Good luck.
I would try hijack this.
restore to a point before this happened.
2 SecurityExpert // Jul 28, 2008
your computer is infected with rogue software called xp antivirus 2008. download and run mozilla firefox from http://www.geeksjunction.com and then download XoftSpy SE from http://www.geeksjunction.com to check your computer for spyware.
3 rishab v // Jul 28, 2008
It is very important to remove all the components of of the XP Antivirus 2008 or 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
4 Maihan Nijat // Jul 28, 2008
HI,
2 hours before my computer was also infect with antivirus 2008, it is spyware and it force as to buy antiviurs 2008.
i have download the the malwere remover and it works for me,
i uploaded the software with it keys,
you can download from
http://www.esnips.com/web/nijat-mydata
cheers,
5 Steve // Jul 28, 2008
Start>Search>All Files and Folders.
Search for the following and Delete them (Right Click>Delete)
XPA.exe
Antvrs.exe
AntvrsInstall.exe
AntvrsInstall[1].exe
Win Antivirus 2008.exe
av2008xp.exe
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