Help with wierd Vista Antivirus Virus "I think" - Tech Support Forums

maximus01can · July 6th, 2008, 01:44 AM

Howdy,

Got this problem, came home and went to log onto the box and this Vista Antivirus window pops up and starts pretending it's scanning and finding all kinds of virus's.............strange since I'm not running Vista, but XP. So I do a boot time scan and nothing, but cannot connect to the net.....?? So I log on in safe mode with networking and voila, connection made.......does anyone have any idea what the heck to what this is and how the heck to get rid of it. Not sure if I can do some sort of online scan and nuke or whether this nasty little bugger is already been solved and there's a cleaner somewhere for it.

Cheers, and thanks in advance,

Max

#43 fan · July 6th, 2008, 02:02 AM

It sounds like spyware.
I'd get an antispyware, like Adaware, or Spybot. That may take care of it.

maximus01can · July 6th, 2008, 02:27 AM

I'm running Spyware blaster and have both spybot search and destroy as well as Ad Aware SE that I'll run after my antivirus scan.........I know it's one of those bogus antivirus programs, but I havn't had one of those sneak through for a long time now..........maybe someone installed it unknowingly.....hopefully one of those will get rid of the pesky little bugger as it won't let me connect from a normal boot......

I'll keep posting until fixed

Cheers,
Max

maximus01can · July 6th, 2008, 03:02 AM

Update, Avast found nothing and Spybot chugging away as we speak......

BipolarBill · July 6th, 2008, 05:12 PM

Use this:

SmitFraudFix

bobblehead21 · July 7th, 2008, 05:50 AM

the smit thing didnt work for me...

BipolarBill · July 7th, 2008, 07:39 AM

Yes, but this is not your thread, is it?

minntexan · July 12th, 2008, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by maximus01can

Howdy, I found a way to get rid of it from anouning you, but might not get rid of it off your comp. only from starting up. Click the start menu then click run. Then type in msconfig then enter on the next page click startup then uncheck vav.exe then click apply. then reboot comp. Good luck

Got this problem, came home and went to log onto the box and this Vista Antivirus window pops up and starts pretending it's scanning and finding all kinds of virus's.............strange since I'm not running Vista, but XP. So I do a boot time scan and nothing, but cannot connect to the net.....?? So I log on in safe mode with networking and voila, connection made.......does anyone have any idea what the heck to what this is and how the heck to get rid of it. Not sure if I can do some sort of online scan and nuke or whether this nasty little bugger is already been solved and there's a cleaner somewhere for it.

Cheers, and thanks in advance,

Max

DarkNexxus · July 12th, 2008, 04:19 PM

My wife's PC got that same program. At first I couldn't find it. After much searching and hair pulling, I found it in the Control panel under Microsoft Antivirus. I had assumed it was something that was downloaded via Automatic updates. I removed the entry and trouble no more!

BipolarBill · July 12th, 2008, 08:25 PM

It's not really a "program". It's a hijack. Even if you got rid of the pop-up, it's likely that your wife's PC is still infected. Run the trial version of Counterspy to find out:

Best Anti-Spyware - Remove Spyware with Free Trial

I had a co-worker who actually paid for "Ultra Antivirus 2008". Bad idea. Now that hacker has her credit card, identity and e-mail address. Her spam count shot through the roof in just 3 weeks.