AntiVir 2010 - Real?

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

(An inquiry for people with some experience with antivirus software)

For two years my laptop has worked fine with Antivirus Guard. This morning however, I found a new antivirus program called 'Antivir 2010' attempting to download itself. This included a scan of my computer that claimed I had a Trojan and one other virus on my hardrive.

Only two things wrong with that: first, AVG did a complete scan and found nothing, and secondly the Antivir 2010 'trial' only had a scanning feature, and no actual ability to remove these viruses it's talking about, immediately linking to a place to buy the complete version. Having heard the general adage about anything demanding your credit card numbers, I have to wonder if this is a real program or some kind of phishing or extortion. Whatever the case, it won't leave me alone now, interrupting me every five minutes or so to try and get me to buy the full version, even blocking sites I know are safe. I call bullshit.

Is this a legitimate (if extremely annoying and forceful) Antivirus program, or should I just try to uninstall the trial?

 

[Pielikey]

If it decided to download itself it's probably not trustworthy in any way. delete all the files related to it and do a virus scan afterwards.

EDIT: Infact, I'd just do a virus scan.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Get rid of it! It's the plague! Don't even think twice, burn it! BURN THE HERETIC!

 

[Nitpicker of the Wastes]

I'd use System Restore to a point when you didn't have it. It's a virus.

 

[Hobo Joe]

AntiVir is a known virus mate. I'd run a scan and try to get rid of it or look something up on the internet.

Here's something off Google that may help: http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-antivir-2010

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

It's fake, I've seen the same thing a few times myself.

1 No way it could scan the entire Hard Drive that fast
2 It's called AntiVir2010 for pity sake!
3 Mr Zero says it's bad
4 It said the exact thing about my computer (I was smart enough to leave page as quickly as possible, but it had enough time to claim I had a Trojan and something else)

Those points should tell you to avoid at all costs

 

[Snotnarok]

Antivirus that pop up from nowhere are the worst kind, they take over your PC, they can restrict what websites you go to, remove your control panel, command prompt access and steal saved passwords

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Thanks for the quick response everyone, I'm just getting the remedy Hobo Joe recommended now; naturally the thing refuses to be deleted normally ('access denied'). I didn't realize 'rogue' antiviruses were such a lucrative thing, but I guess it's easier to fool people by pretending.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Run a full virus scan/use Malwarebytes/do anything you need to to get that thing off of your PC. I had to deal with one of those fake antiviruses once, and trust me, you want it gone ASAP.

 

[spike0918]

Thanks for the quick response everyone, I'm just getting the remedy Hobo Joe recommended now; naturally the thing refuses to be deleted normally ('access denied'). I didn't realize 'rogue' antiviruses were such a lucrative thing, but I guess it's easier to fool people by pretending.

This may sound that the retarded thing to do, but when I had a fake antivirus that I couldn't delete and got "Access Denied" I cut then pasted it into the Recycle Bin. Once I had dumped the Bin I never saw it again. And if that doesn't work try downloading MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. It's pulled me through at least 3 virus infections by going to safe mode and conducting a full scan.

I just realized how pointless this all is if you have a Mac. It doesn't seem like you do though, according to what you said.

 

[mokes310]

If it downloads itself, call the shenanigans police!

 

[CoverYourHead]

Kill it with fire! It's a virus. An annoying as all hell virus. Kill it, throw it in a sack, throw the sack in a river, and hurl the river into space.

 

[danosaurus]

This shouldn't be in Gaming Discussion. Also - alarm bells should've gone off when it decided to download itself.

Never trust anything that you're not 110% sure of on the internet (except for my advice).

 

[zHellas]

BURN THAT ************! I had something like that on my laptop once, and when I downloaded it out of frustration, it was a mother fucking virus that basically renders your laptop useless! Kill it now.

 

[zHellas]

I just saw your post saying you're doing something about it.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

In all irony any Antivirus pop-up from the internet claiming your computer is infected is, in fact, a virus.

 

[sgtshock]

When I see an anti-virus virus, the first thing I do is immediately open control panel and close it and every internet application I'm running. I wouldn't even try to click the 'x' to close it.

It seems to me that these kinds of viruses getting more popular. I've had to reinstall the OS on two different computers because they got infected with these nasty things, and have seen them attempt to install themselves several times.

 

[Pimppeter2]

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GAH! I hate that thing with the burning passion of one thousand suns (or something else stereotypically hot). I had to nuke 2 computers because of it. As I think you already found out, this thing is actually a virus. It will keep spamming fake alert messages at you and not let you open your things up.

The most hassle free way of killing this thing, is to do a system rest to a time before it burned itself in.

Good luck.

 

[Dragon Zero]

I've had this happen before get that thing the Fuck off of your computer FUCKING NOW!!!! That thing caused me a hell of a lot of grief last January, its nothing good, get it off NOW.

Edit: sorry for profanity I did not read the whole thread, seriously though now that you know get the little bastard off your rig ASAP!