How To: Remove MS Antivirus 2008
The latest edition in rogue antispyware programs, MS AntiVirus – looks and feels like a regular antispyware application, but in fact – deadly as hell.
For those that don’t know, a “Rogue Anti-Spyware” program is a fairly new form of threat that entices users to download a program to protect their PC, but in fact the software they download is a form of malware, designed to entice users to pay for the software, in order to remove it. The main goal of Rogue Anti-Spyware programs is to make money, infecting and performing unwanted actions on your PC is just a measure in order to get you to “pay up”.
I wanted to see this MS AntiVirus 2008 program in action, so I fired up my Windows XP test box and gave it a whirl.
First I infected my PC with the MS AntiVirus program
See how MS AntiVirus 2008 looks and behaves like an AntiSpyware program, designed to trick the user that it is a legitimate program.
Fake infection
The below screenshot shows MS AntiVirus 2008 telling me that my system is infected. Rogue AntiSpyware often uses “fake spyware results” to inject fear into the user, so they feel the need to buy the software to remove the “fake results”.
MS AntiVirus 2008 communicating to a third party
The below screenshot shows packet sniffing software “WireShark”, detecting MS AntiVirus 2008 talking to a third party web service, namely a MACOS web server called “WebObjects” – nasty stuff.
Okay its time to get rid of this nasty program, time to whip out AdAlert.
Removing MS AntiVirus XP with AdAlert
I cracked open AdAlert and performed a full scan; below are the results.
AdAlert managed to disinfect my heavily infected system, deleting key registry files, application files and desktop shortcuts – no traces of MS AntiVirus 2008 are left behind.
If you’re infected with MS AntiVirus 2008 and are looking for an easy, fast way to remove it – I suggest you give AdAlert a whirl. You can download AdAlert here.
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