Remove Antivirus 2008 – Fake Malware Virus

Antivirus 2008 is a virus that affects the computer and shows non-existant infections and prompts the user to buy the premium version to remove these viruses. This is a fake anti-virus that affects the PC user and the infections that it shows are not really there.

These are the files that AntiVirus2008 installs on your computer. If you have these files in your computer, then you are likely to be having this computer virus.

c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2008
c:\Program Files\Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Start Menu\Antivirus
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Desktop\antvrs.exe
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Application Data\Antivirus
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Start Menu\Antivirus\Antivirus 2008.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Start Menu\Antivirus\Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0L6FS9QR\instlog[1].htm
c:\Documents and Settings\forensics\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\IQJ9X5GB\antvrs[1].exe

Registry Entries of Anti-Virus 2008

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Antivirus2008y”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “3P_UDEC”

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