Vista Antivirus 2008 Description

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Vista Antivirus 2008, or VistaAntivirus 2008, is a rogue anti-spyware application and a clone of Windows Antivirus 2008 and XP Antivirus. Vista Antivirus 2008 may be installed by a Trojan called Zlob bundled in a fake video codec. Once installed, Vista Antivirus 2008 will simulate malware detections on the user’s computer system and generate fake spyware scan results in an attempt to trick the user into buying the full Vista Antivirus 2008 commercial version. Vista Antivirus 2008 may seem a trustworthy program, however, it’s just a scam to download and install additional adware and spyware and steal the user’s money. Vista Antivirus 2008 may also generate system slowdown and instability. Vista Antivirus 2008 program can be very difficult to remove manually, and will try to recreate itself.

Type: Rogue AntiSpyware Programs

How Can You Detect Vista Antivirus 2008?

Vista Antivirus 2008 Technical Report

As new Vista Antivirus 2008 details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

The following Vista Antivirus 2008 files with its MD5s were created in the system:

‘How Vista Antivirus 2008 Infects Your Computer’ Video

Vista Antivirus 2008 Removal Details

Vista Antivirus 2008 has typically the following processes in memory:

• shlwapi.dll
• vav.exe
• VistaAntivirus2008.exe
• VAV2008Setup[1].exe
• Antvrs.exe
• wininet.dll
• vav.dll

Vista Antivirus 2008 creates the following files in the system:

• vav.cpl
• Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
• Vista Antivirus 2008.lnk

Vista Antivirus 2008 creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\Vista Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe”
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Antivirus
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
• B85BB239-F685-4547-B0AC-E8835CD8ED24

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