Do not use on any
shared computer
September 6, 2008 09:51pm pdt
 
[x]
Attachment Details

"Vista Antivirus 2008" Parasite on XP Home system

I have scanned, cleaned, scanned, cleaned, fixed ... etc. etc. but still get Vista Antivirus 2008 popping up and simulating a scan.

I find nothing here that addresses it and nothing on the web that seems to be credible.

Any good suggestions how to remove this?
Start your free trial to view this solution
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

Question Stats
Zone: Networking
Question Asked By: fmarshall
Solution Provided By: r-k
Participating Experts: 5
Solution Grade: A
Views: 494
Translate:
Loading Advertisement...
 
[+][-]Expert Comment by debuggerau
Expert Comment by debuggerau:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Author Comment by fmarshall
Author Comment by fmarshall:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Assisted Solution by debuggerau
Assisted Solution by debuggerau:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Accepted Solution by r-k

Rank: Master

Accepted Solution by r-k:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Assisted Solution by rpggamergirl

Rank: Guru

Assisted Solution by rpggamergirl:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Expert Comment by rpggamergirl

Rank: Guru

Expert Comment by rpggamergirl:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Administrative Comment by rpggamergirl

Rank: Guru

Administrative Comment by rpggamergirl:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
[+][-]Expert Comment by r-k

Rank: Master

Expert Comment by r-k:

All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.

Start your 7-day free trial and see for yourself why Experts Exchange is the easiest and most proven technology resource in the world. Get Started

Already a member? Login to view this solution.

 
 
Loading Advertisement...
Open Discussion
Open Discussion
 
Comment by Jitpar
For your kind information:

Xpantivirus or Vista antivirus 2008
I noticed that the new  "xpantivirus 2008".


Symptoms:

1. It show pop-up messages of xp or vista antivirus 2008.
2. unable to start windows update service.
3. icon in control panel of xpantivirus like windows security center.

I found resolution for pop-up but not able to start windows update service.

Already tried avg, spybot, super antiapyware, smithfraud fix, norton 360, dial a fix etc.
for windows update service tried almost all Microsoft articles.

Thanks & Regards
Nitin Soni
*email removed, rpggamergirl - Zone Advisor*
06/12/2008
 
 
Comment by mcips
windows onecare does a great job in removing vista antivirus 2008 spyware.

Best,

E
 
 
20080723-EE-VQP-34 / EE_QW_EXPERT_20070906