Antispyware 2008 Removal Guide

With all the sophistication invested into rogue security these days, it has become increasingly more difficult even for experience users to distinguish between genuine security tools and rubbish rogue applications like Antispyware 2008. This rogue antispyware application derives from the same despicable family of rogues as Antivirus 2009, and improves on its predecessor’s attack by using bogus online malware scanners as a part of its online marketing campaign. However, despite what Antispyware 2008 would like you to believe this rogue does not have the ability to identify or remove any threat from a PC, and is nothing more than a malicious threat in itself.

After Antispyware 2008 infects the PC using websites which employ drive-by download tactics, it will start its attack against the system. It will do so by initiating a fake system scan which will inevitably yield bogus scan results. This scan will pretend to look at the following system aspects:

Quick Scan at Startup
Start in minimized mode
Autostart with Windows
Check for Updates on start
Scan Archive

Soon after the fake scan completes the user will be presented with numerous falsely generated security alerts. These fake alerts will also attempt to scare the user into thinking his PC is under attack, and that the user should purchase Antispyware 2008 in order to protect his system. This should simply never happen.

Symptoms that will follow an Antispyware 2008 infection include blocked Internet connections as well as the inability to launch applications on the infected PC. This is done in an effort to prevent the user from running or downloading an application which may be able to detect and remove Antispyware 2008 from the system. Other symptoms include extremely poor system performance and erratic system behavior.

Do not allow Antispyware 2008 to take control of your system. Use a genuine security tool to obliterate Antispyware 2008 from the system for good.