Comments on: XP Antivirus 2008

By: Digg a Little Deeper Into Social Bookmarking Links to Find … Malware « Bill Mullins’ Weblog - Tech Thoughts

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:55:37 +0000

[...] These comments look for the content in pages and latch onto it, and usually promote a new video of a celebrity, or a sex tape. When the user clicks on the link, they are directed to a site which asks them to install a video codec to view the content. This will than install additional rogue anti-spyware, like MS Antispyware 2009 or XP Antivirus. [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:14:53 +0000

I have picked up this problem today. What is the point in paying for McAfee, if I still get these problems?

By: Bernice

Bernice — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:40:23 +0000

Just picked this XP Antivirus 2008 this weekend. I called Norton and they said they would connect to my computer and get rid of it for $99.99, I am beginning to think this is the only way for an amature like me to get rid of it.

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:49:20 +0000

Dennis, you should be able to get to get to system32 by going into My Computer, double click the C Drive, open the Windows Folder then System32.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:13:45 +0000

Got the damn Antivirus 2008, cannot connect to internet to download fixes. With “someone’s” instructions, how do I get to “C:\WINDOWS\system32″?

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:03:32 +0000

Hi Jason, Norton is very hard to get off at times. Symantic, the makers of Norton have released the “Norton Removal Tool. You can find it at http://service1.Symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

By: jason

jason — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:44:38 +0000

I have been trying to uninstall Norton anti-virus without success. I have checked all forums whose suggestion , i find to be beyond my competence. Then i come across this freeware called “myuninstaller” that got rid of it. I suggest you go to google, make a search and download this freeware. Remember “myuninstaller” is one word. Good luck.

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:10:23 +0000

Hi David. When you boot the computer, hold down F8 and when prompted, go into â€œsafe mode with networkingâ€ which will stop XP Antivirus 2008 from loading. Run SpyHunter, install any updates and run a scan. If that doesnâ€™t work, contact SpyHunter (Enigma Software) and tell them your problem. They should give you a custom fix. Tell us how you get on.

By: David

David — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:36:30 +0000

I purchased spyhunter with another computer and loaded it onto the affected computer and its not solving the problem. Cant get on the Internet at all and everything is slow. Cant get e-mail and cant find files of
that name. A little help please!

By: Pupa

Pupa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:59:50 +0000

There are lots of bullshits on internet, how remove this officious Antivirus 2008 virus but the truth is: they DON’T work!!!! I tried everything, all tools were recommended, but NO one of them worked. (Spyware Doctor was worst, made computer slower and didn’t detect anything!)

Antivirus 2008 isn’t so easy to find, It’s hide itself under normal windows files and processes names!!!!

But only one program which helped so much was a-squared HiJackFree.

In ActiveX tab I found these horrible Rogue viruses, they were marked red and I just unistalled it (but you must be careful, not to delete Windows components, first make google search before deleting something.)
a-squared HiJackFree is wonderful tool!!!!

Good luck for all! :-)
Pupa from Germany