Antivirus 8
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards display a variety of useful information, including:
Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
| Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 187 |
| First Seen: | September 29, 2010 |
| Last Seen: | September 6, 2021 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Antivirus 8 is a rogue security application that is spread by Trojans that can surreptitiously enter systems. On penetrating a computer system, Antivirus 8 may run fake system scans and launch fake security alerts claiming that the system is infected with harmful parasites. Following the security notifications, victims will be advised to purchase a so-called full version of Antivirus 8 in order to remove all the fake threats. The immediate removal of Antivirus 8 is the best action to take.
Table of Contents
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Antivirus 8
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | av8.exe | 6375481a835e6ff95fe16913f08f7365 | 16 |
| 2. | av8.exe | 159b911520b67558ea78f0ecaaf67f88 | 15 |
| 3. | av8.exe | cb445ecd677cd06d8cad8867d3ecf708 | 7 |
| 4. | av8.exe | fc8fa8f3bb312c395838f2ef9267f33a | 7 |
| 5. | av8.exe | 7fc45acd81a15c9a155bc05c21df2752 | 6 |
| 6. | av8.exe | aa03511042a767b0cd0955488cc53a55 | 4 |
| 7. | av8.exe | a50d9c0b79272e090921ec78553ce7e5 | 4 |
Directories
Antivirus 8 may create the following directory or directories:
| %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8 |
