Antivirus Pro 2009 - Fake AV Software

A new threat that comes under the guise of a genuine antivirus program has become increasingly prevalent over the past year. Offering to locate and remove malware from your PC, this rogue will actually install a Trojan on your unsuspecting system. The process is usually initiated when you click a link for what you believe is valid security software or its vendor's site.

The latest infamous fake antivirus software would be Antivirus Pro 2009. It is in fact a harmful trojan.

What this programs does

Antivirus Pro 2009 is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as AntiSpywareXP 2009 and XP Antispyware 2009. AntiSpyware Pro 2009 is advertised through the use of Trojans that display fake security alerts and messages stating that your computer is infected. These alerts will also automatically install Antivirus Pro 2009 on to your computer.

As part of its installation process, Antivirus Pro 2009 will configure itself to start automatically when you logon to your computer. It will also create a variety of fake malware files on your computer that are completely harmless, but are installed so they are detected by AntivirusPro 2009 when it scans your computer. When Antivirus Pro 2009 starts it will automatically scan your computer and list variety of infections that cannot be removed unless you first purchase the program. Many of these infections are the fake files that the program installed, as described above, as well as legitimate Windows files that are being called infections. It gives these false results in order to scare you into purchasing the software.

While running, you will also find that your Internet Explorer has become hijacked. When browsing the web, Antivirus Pro 2009 will randomly display a screen stating that there has been insecure internet activity and that there is a threat of a virus attack. It then prompts you to either get protection or continue to the site. Regardless of the option you select, you will instead be brought to a web page where it tries to sell you the program. This is just another scare tactic and should be ignored.

How to remove Internet Antivirus Pro 2009 scam

The best way for the removal of Internet Antivirus Pro 2009 is to install a good quality Anti-spyware Program and scan your system for any Internet Antivirus Pro 2009 infections.

Automatic removal of Internet Antivirus Pro 2009 is always good and complete as compared to any attempts to manually remove Internet Antivirus Pro 2009, which may sometime lead to erroneous results. If you are not completely aware of all the files and registry entries used by this rogue anti-spyware, then we do not recommend you to attempt for the manual removal of Internet Antivirus Pro 2009.

Watch out for these advices

Some "experts" may suggest to you to amend your Windows registry to rid of the Antivirus Pro 2009 nuisance. Don't do it if you don't understand how to play around with the Windows registry information. It may corrupt your Windows. Get help from qualified technician.

Some will also suggest to you to "uninstall" the Antivirus Pro 2009 from Windows Remove Program. Bah. It won't work as this type of fake software will not allowed itself to be uninstall.

Using a "free scan" anti-malware software will only scan and detect. It will not clean the Antivirus Pro 2009 trojan.

Remember the culprit

Be sure to avoid av-pro-2009.com, home of the fake Antivirus Pro 2009. If possible, append the given URL in your blacklisted sites list. If you have fallen into the scam of purchasing Antivirus Pro 2009 because you thought it was a legal anti-virus software, you are out of look. The people behind it are probably in Russia and there is almost no way to sue them.

Effective counter measure

Using a reliable anti-malware such as Spyware Doctor can help to clean your system from Antivirus Pro 2009. However, free version of Spyware Doctor will only scan and detect. Only the paid version will remove the Antivirus Pro 2009 trojan entirely from your system.

Resources:
* bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal: How to remove Antivirus Pro 2009
* enigmasoftware: Antivirus Pro 2009 Info & Manual Removal Guide
* 2-viruses: How to remove Antivirus Pro 2009 ?

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* Jan 13, 2009: Best anti-virus quick scanner

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