[dba-Tech] AntiVirXP08 Anybody Know About This?

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Sat Aug 2 21:26:21 CDT 2008


Hi Tina,
It is rogue, or fake, security software. It can be removed with Vipre or
CounterSpy. Vipre would require that you remove any previously installed
anti-virus programs such as Norton, McAfee or any other over-priced
under-expectations AV product ;o) CounterSpy is the anti-spyware subset of
Vipre which does anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-rootkit and more.

Both Vipre and CounterSpy have free, fully functional trial periods. 
http://www.winhaven.net/security/spyware.html
http://www.winhaven.net/security/virus.html

If you have any problems after installing one of these you can conteact me
or the Sunbelt Software security gurus.

Good Luck!
John B.


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
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Subject: [dba-Tech] AntiVirXP08 Anybody Know About This?

Hi,

Please forgive the cross-posting.

Panic call from my Dad.  He opened an email message that he thought was some
kind of expose about a McCain ad.  Apparently this email infected his
machine with AntiVirXP08.  A quick Google search indicates this program is a
fake anti-virus program that lures people into buying it, while it installs
spyware and other malware on their systems.  Anyone here know about this
thing?

Tina
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