“Your computer is running slower than normal” popup is a false security alert from fake antispyware Antivirus 2009. This “Your computer is running slower than normal” popup reads:

“The page at http://online-antivirus.net says:
Your computer is running slower than normal, maybe it is infected with with Viruses, Adware or Spyware.Antivirus 2009 will perform a quick and completely FREE scan of your system for malicious software. Download Antivirus 2009 for FREE now!”

This “Your computer is running slower than normal” popup is supposed to scare you into wasting money on Antivirus 2009. You may have caught this “Your computer is running slower than normal” popup through a fake video codec, a drive-by download, or Online-Antivirus.net.

Unless you like getting scammed, don’t download the software the “Your computer is running slower than normal” popup links to. The only spyware you’re infected with is fake anti-spyware that you need to remove.

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“ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware…” popup Threat Level:

“ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware…” popup is a false security alert from fake antispyware Antivirus 2009. This “ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware…” popup reads:

“ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware, you could suffer data loss, erratic PC behaviour, PC freezes and crashes.
Detect and remove viruses before they damage your computer!
Antivirus 2009 will perform 100% quick scan of your computer for Viruses, Spyware and Adware.
Do you want to install Antivirus 2009 to scan your computer for malware now? (Recommended)”

This “ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware…” popup is supposed to scare you into wasting money on Antivirus 2009. You may have caught this “ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware…” popup through a fake video codec, or a drive-by download.

Unless you like getting scammed, don’t download the software the “ATTENTION! If your computer is struck by the spyware…” popup links to. The only spyware you’re infected with is fake anti-spyware that you need to remove.

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“Antivirus 2009 Alert!” popup Threat Level:

“Antivirus 2009 Alert!” popup is a false security alert from fake antispyware Antivirus 2009. This “Antivirus 2009 Alert!” popup reads:

Antivirus 2009 Alert!
Protect your PC from violent virus attack!
Protect my PC now [or] Remind me later

This “Antivirus 2009 Alert!” popup is supposed to scare you into wasting money on Antivirus 2009. You may have caught this “Antivirus 2009 Alert!” popup through a fake video codec, or a drive-by download.

Unless you like getting scammed, don’t download the software the “Antivirus 2009 Alert!” popup links to. The only spyware you’re infected with is fake anti-spyware that you need to remove.

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Antivirus 2009 Threat Level:

Antivirus 2009 is just more fake anti-spyware, and a direct clone of Antivirus2009 and Antivirus2008. Antivirus 2009 may have been installed by a Trojan. Antivirus 2009 launches fake system alert popups. This Antivirus 2009 popup is supposed to scare you into wanting to buy Antivirus 2009. Antivirus 2009 popups read:

Antivirus 2009 Alert!
Protect your PC from violent virus attack!
Protect my PC now [or] Remind me later

Don’t waste your money — don’t download the software the Antivirus 2009 popup recommends.

I’ll show you how to get rid of Antivirus 2009 for free.
Or you could always toss your PC out the window.

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