[dba-Tech] AntiVirXP08 Anybody Know About This?

Hi Tina and john

Yes, CounterSpy is excellent.
However, some weeks ago I guided a client to this site with a free tool which is a much smaller download than CounterSpy:

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-xp-antivirus-2008-2009

and she (not being a pc nerd) managed to download and run the tool all by herself with success.

Notice the good explanation including the extremely rogue screenshots which can scare the life of common people!

/gustav

>>> john at winhaven.net 03-08-2008 04:41 >>>
Then you'd really like Vipre. It eliminates the need for another separate AV
product and doesn't drag your system down like other products. They have
some good graphs on their web site of the tests that were run against some
of the leading security companies.  The resources some of the others use are
tremendous! Vipre actually runs faster than the present version of
CounterSpy. The next release of CounterSpy will correct that but since it is
a subset they will probably always be a little behind on releasing it as
Vipre comes first. And really, as good as the software is the support is
even better. They will talk you through removing things on the phone if its
really new and the removal procedures haven't been incorporated into an
update yet.

John B.


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
Fields
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 9:32 PM
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Thanks John,

I have a CounterSpy subscription running on my computer - and I like it.  I
think we will download the trial for Dad tomorrow. 

Thanks for the tip,
Tina


John Bartow wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina 
> Norris Fields
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 8:26 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; 
> dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com 
> 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