Full Version: Help Me Please I'm Being Attacked
Guys I don't know if this message will reach you. Some how some rougue antivirus software has downloaded onto my computer and its playing havoc with my system, At the moment the only way I can think of getting rid of it is wiping my hard drive clean, reformatting which I don't want to do. I have tried everything to get ris of it, I cannot access my system restore, because of this I am totally losy, please help me anyone
Do you know the name of the virus? that way we could google it and something out there should give advice.. or is "antivirus 2008 xp" the name of it? Maybe if you can get into safe mode, you could do a virus scan and see if that helps
Ok i've googled it and i'm guessing that the virus name is actually "antivirus 2008 xp" as i have found lots about it. Mainly this one, which i have pasted below.
XP Antivirus 2008Published in March 6th, 2008 Posted by admin in Malware, Manual removal instructions, Removal Tools, Rogue anti-spyware, Spyware reviewsDescription of XP Antivirus 2008 and consequences of its residing on your PC
New extremely dangerous release of XPAntivirus known as XP Antivirus 2008 or Xp Antivirus Protection is now rated high among the most widespread and harmful threats infecting computers in the Web. Mass mailing is the most popular tool used to propagate this malware, though it does not mean common methods of penetration like inclusion in free for download codec and unauthorized downloading are out of use.
XP Antivirus 2008 is very similar to previous release of XP Antivirus 2008 in terms of advertising, it is obvious that vendors of both XPAntivirus releases attempted to attract clients (web-site visitors) by same tricks with reliable prelapsarian naivety of official web-site design; simple general explanations and luck of bright colors with modest but obvious references to Windows XP trade attributes may be treated as a proof.
XP Antivirus 2008 though similar in lots of traits to XPAntivirus previous release demonstrates much less moderate habit after its trial version installation in users PC. Subject to a particular case, XPAntivirusPotection drives users crazy by continuous alerts or causes slow computer problem with errors in files rendering up to complete system crush and some hard drive disc clusters defects.
Click here to remove XPAntivirus2008 now!
XP Antivirus 2008 Technical Details:
Full name: XPAntivirus 2008, XP Antivirus Protection version 2.4
Type: Rogue anti-spyware
Origin: Russian Federation - www.xpantivirus2008.com, www.xpantivirus.com
Related threats: XpAntivirus
Chappers, hope that helps, but its hard to know what info to trust on these things these days
edit: found another site that might help http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-re...tivirus-xp-2008
Basically, i think the above people say these are the steps to take:
Ok i've googled it and i'm guessing that the virus name is actually "antivirus 2008 xp" as i have found lots about it. Mainly this one, which i have pasted below.
XP Antivirus 2008Published in March 6th, 2008 Posted by admin in Malware, Manual removal instructions, Removal Tools, Rogue anti-spyware, Spyware reviewsDescription of XP Antivirus 2008 and consequences of its residing on your PC
New extremely dangerous release of XPAntivirus known as XP Antivirus 2008 or Xp Antivirus Protection is now rated high among the most widespread and harmful threats infecting computers in the Web. Mass mailing is the most popular tool used to propagate this malware, though it does not mean common methods of penetration like inclusion in free for download codec and unauthorized downloading are out of use.
XP Antivirus 2008 is very similar to previous release of XP Antivirus 2008 in terms of advertising, it is obvious that vendors of both XPAntivirus releases attempted to attract clients (web-site visitors) by same tricks with reliable prelapsarian naivety of official web-site design; simple general explanations and luck of bright colors with modest but obvious references to Windows XP trade attributes may be treated as a proof.
XP Antivirus 2008 though similar in lots of traits to XPAntivirus previous release demonstrates much less moderate habit after its trial version installation in users PC. Subject to a particular case, XPAntivirusPotection drives users crazy by continuous alerts or causes slow computer problem with errors in files rendering up to complete system crush and some hard drive disc clusters defects.
Click here to remove XPAntivirus2008 now!
XP Antivirus 2008 Technical Details:
Full name: XPAntivirus 2008, XP Antivirus Protection version 2.4
Type: Rogue anti-spyware
Origin: Russian Federation - www.xpantivirus2008.com, www.xpantivirus.com
Related threats: XpAntivirus
Chappers, hope that helps, but its hard to know what info to trust on these things these days
edit: found another site that might help http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-re...tivirus-xp-2008
Basically, i think the above people say these are the steps to take:
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Automated Removal Instructions for Antivirus XP 2008 using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix.
Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link
Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.
Double-click on the icon on your desktop named Download_mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.
MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix.
Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link
Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.
Double-click on the icon on your desktop named Download_mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button.
MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program as shown below.
Hey scorpy,
I didn't think my message was posted last night because of this virus. It was a rouge program called Antivirus 2008 xp. It just took over everything, internet browser, desktop. I'm pretty good with these kind of things, never ever had any serious problem with any viruses, even when there's been a big flap about them.
This was probably the most vicious thing I've seen on my computer, I thought my monitor was going to a 360 degree spin, it was that possesed. I got up this morning, and booted into safe mode, tracked down the files and deleated them, but it was still playing havok with my PC.
Finally my sister's boyfreind come over and gave windows vista, I installed it, and eveything is working fine now. phew!
So beware of a rougue program called Antivirus 2008 xp, it will seriously screw with you.
Thanks for the info
J
I didn't think my message was posted last night because of this virus. It was a rouge program called Antivirus 2008 xp. It just took over everything, internet browser, desktop. I'm pretty good with these kind of things, never ever had any serious problem with any viruses, even when there's been a big flap about them.
This was probably the most vicious thing I've seen on my computer, I thought my monitor was going to a 360 degree spin, it was that possesed. I got up this morning, and booted into safe mode, tracked down the files and deleated them, but it was still playing havok with my PC.
Finally my sister's boyfreind come over and gave windows vista, I installed it, and eveything is working fine now. phew!
So beware of a rougue program called Antivirus 2008 xp, it will seriously screw with you.
Thanks for the info
J
Glad its sorted. Any idea how you got it?
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I think my girlfriend tried to get hold of the latest quicktime update. Thought she'd got it, so I went to install it, and was linched.
I think my girlfriend tried to get hold of the latest quicktime update. Thought she'd got it, so I went to install it, and was linched.
But quicktime is fine 
it piggy backed
Its just tried to hack me again, and I didn't do a thing, but this time I was ready for it, spyware doctor kicked its arse.
That's next time they go over the top in Georgia they'll have me to deal with.
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Origin: Russian Federation - www.xpantivirus2008.com, www.xpantivirus.com
That's next time they go over the top in Georgia they'll have me to deal with.
Neatly sorted guys, and good job on the info scorp. 
Thanks HQ. The things you can do when theres no flights coming in at work 
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