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  1. 14 Sep 2008 #1


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    Antivirus with a virus infection?

    Can an antivirus software be infected with virus?
    Why do I often get frequent virus alerts when my antivirus scanners report my system is clean?


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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    Give us a little more info.

    What antivirus are you using?

    Just what is telling you that you are infected and when?

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    It may be a trojan trying to get you to buy a certain antivirus product. These false viruses are just as bad as the real thing.
    What is alerting you to the virus. Is it a virus checker or a part of windows or just a popup box?
    Give us a screen shot if you can.
    as zero said more info please.

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    I'm willing to bet that the "prompt" has bad grammar as well.

    Go to SuperAntiSpyware.com and download either option. Install & update. Scan. See if it finds anything to worry about. Most likely it will.

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    Quote Originally Posted by roy69 View Post
    It may be a trojan trying to get you to buy a certain antivirus product. These false viruses are just as bad as the real thing.
    What is alerting you to the virus. Is it a virus checker or a part of windows or just a popup box?
    Give us a screen shot if you can.
    as zero said more info please.

    This pops out more or less every 20 mins. :

    http://virus alert.mht

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    Quote Originally Posted by roy69 View Post
    It may be a trojan trying to get you to buy a certain antivirus product. These false viruses are just as bad as the real thing.
    What is alerting you to the virus. Is it a virus checker or a part of windows or just a popup box?
    Give us a screen shot if you can.
    as zero said more info please.
    First I was alerted that my system is in deep threat, then it prompted me to download certain scanners and antivirus softwares but I've 2 already, namely AntiVir and BitDefender 2009(trial version) so I declined the offer. At first I downloaded the .exe set up file then I stopped.

    This pops out of my screen in more or less than every 20 mins. I tried a screen shot
    kindly click on this link

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    TR/fakescanner.f trojan ~ WHAT IS TR/FakeScanner.F? Help please! - Viren und andere Sicherheitsrisiken - Avira Support Forum

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    Have you tried the quarantine option in the AntiVir

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian Wainer View Post
    Have you tried the quarantine option in the Antivir

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    AntiVir scans and reports my system is clean but the same scan frequently alerts me. I'll try the quarantine option. Thanks for the suggestion.

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    Re: Antivirus with a virus infection?

    have you tried spybot search and destroy.

    WHAT IS TR/FakeScanner.F? Help please! - Viren und andere Sicherheitsrisiken - Avira Support Forum

    Above is the english link for a possible solution as Locoeng suggested.

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