Vista - "Antivirus 2009" virus

Actually this isn't a question for me but for my Dad. He has a Toshiba Satellite M115 laptop and his OS is Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. He called me today to tell me that he visited a website where he saw a button saying [in his words] "Internet Explorer has caught a virus. Click here to remove it" or something like that, so he clicked the button and saw a couple of legitimate-looking windows saying he should install a program called "Antivirus 9". When he declined and closed all the windows, they kept popping up. That's when he thought something was fishy.

When I came home I restarted his laptop but to no luck. I then ran a scan in AVG Anti-Virus Free and restarted the computer again - still no luck. I looked for "Antivirus 9" in Control Panel - yet still no luck. I don't know what to do now. Needless to say this is a virus. Virus windows keep popping up, IE contains the same "buttons" on every webpage now, all-in-all it's impossible to operate the thing. Please give me some advice!

Go here and scroll down past the video and there are instructions on how to remove.

Antivirus 2009 or Antivirus2009 :: Antivirus 2009 Removal Instructions

This,

How to remove Antivirus 2009 (Uninstall Instructions)

should do it, unless it is some new variant that will take more than MBAM to remove

Malwarebytes is briliant in removing AV2009 but just to make sure he could also install SuperAntiSpyware SUPERAntiSpyware.com - AntiAdware. AntiSpyware. AntiMalware. Check settings to tell it not to start up with Windows - neither program conflicts with any AV.

If not in the mood for more programs even though they wont hurt run a special removal tool called Smitfraudfix SmitFraudFix Follow instructions precisely.

May be an idea to install Windows Defender if not done already.

AV2009 have probably blocked Malwarebytes domain through dns hijacking - might work with Firefox but here is another site to download MBAM from http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...e/1186760019/1

Thank you guys! I used stormy 13's directions and they worked! Will MBAM work if I keep it in programs and use it next time Dad's laptop is infected with malware?

Yeah, just do regular scans with it, maybe once a week and always have a major AV installed and actively monitoring.

Thank you. Dad's laptop has AVG Anti Virus Free. Is that enough with MBAM? Also, do any of you know how to copy a program from one computer to another? I want to copy Ares from my laptop to Dad's laptop. Ares was originally installed onto mine from a CD by a friend. Can I do that too?

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Hi al,

It might be possible to transfer an installed program , but you would need not just the files you can see on your system , but also all the registry entries.

Why not d/l a fresh copy from here and install that

Free Ares Download - Download Ares P2P Now!

Hope it helps

SIW2

antivirus 2009 and Antivirus 360 seems to be out from the same egg.