Antivirus 2008

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priam

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I don't think Antivirus 2008 is installed on my notebook, I'm not sure, but there's a security balloon in the notification tray saying "You have a security problem!". Also antivirus 2008 webpage keeps opening. its getting too irritating. I'm facing this problem since 3 days now.
Kindly help..
 

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What does it say when you click on the balloon? It should tell you if it is your antivirus or firewall or both that is not running and give you the option of running them if installed.
 

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On clicking the balloon, the antivirus webpage opens and asks for installation. It keeps asking to scan the pc for virus.
 

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If you have never scanned your pc almost all antivirus programs will cause the security baloon to pop up until you run your first scan.
 

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But isn't antivirus 2008 a fake antivirus? I already have an antivirus(NOD32) and an antispyware(SUPERAntiSpyware). Both of them haven't solved the problem (and neither have detected any virus in the machine). All i want is that balloon to be removed and the webpage of antivirus 2008 never to appear again..
Please bear with me. I need help..
 

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Its there. I used Avast, Trendmicro, S&D, and many others to slow it down. I got rid of it but not the other trojans installed with it. I ended up backing up and reinstalling.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
This was the worst virus I ever fought in 25 years. I am glad it did not hit my corporate network. After a week of fighting Antivirus XP 2008 and all the associated Trojans, I decided it was time to backup my data and reinstall the OS from scratch. I booted the OS DVD and removed the OS partition. Shutdown. Restarted and reinstalled. Then, patched. Left my user in user level security and UAC is on. It would probably be better to do the same.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
This particular virus, after reading about the troubles with it here and on the net, is one of the worst viruses for people to get infected with. It's a royal pain to remove.

I'm not letting the fact that I haven't been infected with it, lure me in to a false sense of security though. What's saving my hide from a lot of these viruses, is because I have XD Technology(cpu DEP on by default), DEP for IE 7 turned on, and DEP for the OS turned on at all times. This goes hand in hand, with having a decent internet security package running.

You should go to the following website, and download the Malwarebytes anti malware program, install it and run it, it may help in removing this bugger.

Malwarebytes.org
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Intel 975XBX2
    Memory
    8GB's of DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon 3870X2
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2030wm Widescreen LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
    Hard Drives
    120GB
    200GB
    320GB
    PSU
    ThermalTake Toughpower 700
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    four 120mm fans
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Intellimous Explorer 2.0
    Internet Speed
    10MB
    Other Info
    16X LG DVDROM & LG Dual Layer DVD Burner
    Logitech X-540 speakers
I ran Malwarebytes and S&D. It would remove parts of the trojans but more would come in. Once it takes hold, it is easier to reinstall.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
You're right there, it's easier to reinstall to totally get rid of it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Intel 975XBX2
    Memory
    8GB's of DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon 3870X2
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2030wm Widescreen LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
    Hard Drives
    120GB
    200GB
    320GB
    PSU
    ThermalTake Toughpower 700
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    four 120mm fans
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Intellimous Explorer 2.0
    Internet Speed
    10MB
    Other Info
    16X LG DVDROM & LG Dual Layer DVD Burner
    Logitech X-540 speakers
SCSIraidGURU said:
I ran Malwarebytes and S&D. It would remove parts of the trojans but more would come in. Once it takes hold, it is easier to reinstall.
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Ouch.
Just out of curiousity, (and to help it from happening to other users) How did you end up getting so throughly infected in the first place? IE runs in protected mode, and UAC would prevent automatic installation and execution.

NM.
I see you turned off UAC, and then mistakenly downloaded the malware antivirus.
 
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My Computer

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  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
CNN infected e-mail.

I turned off UAC and had my user as an administrator. I never had a serious virus attack in 25 years. I did not think it would happen.

It launched. Avast Pro 4.8 stopped 3 viruses but it infected with VirtuMonde.

On the reinstall. I left my user in default mode. I did enable administrator and gave it a 13 alphanumerical password along with my users.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Ty for that information.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 MHz
    Motherboard
    intel 965 chipset family
    Memory
    2 GB DDR 2 SD RAM @ 667 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    On board upto 358 MB RAM
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15"
    Hard Drives
    160 GB WDC
I had the same issue with my system & Mcafee was unable to detect it. I downloaded & did a full system scan through super antispyware. It removed a couple of trojans. And then I scanned through Mcafee & then removed approximately 13 infections. Anti-virus 2008 would create an add-on in IE & make sure that gets removed. As that is causing the antivirus page to showup again & again.

And you can also follow instructions on the following websites:

"http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus2008.html"

"http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008"

"http://www.spywareremove.com/removeAntivirus2008.html"
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T4200 Intel
    Memory
    2 X 1GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated
    Hard Drives
    1 X 250GB 7200RPM

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 MHz
    Motherboard
    intel 965 chipset family
    Memory
    2 GB DDR 2 SD RAM @ 667 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    On board upto 358 MB RAM
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15"
    Hard Drives
    160 GB WDC
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