Express Antivirus 2009
Posted: December 30, 2008
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 54 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Express Antivirus 2009, also known as ExpressAntivirus 2009, is a rogue anti-spyware program that installs in your computer system with the help of Trojan Zlob. You may have also downloaded Express Antivirus 2009 from a rogue website thinking it would remove your spyware threats.
Zlob may pop up fake notifications to make you believe that your computer is infected with spyware. These fake notifications may appear harmless because they're designed to look similar to the messages issued by Windows Security Center. Although the makers of Express Antivirus 2009 seek to goad you into purchasing Express Antivirus 2009, this program should not be trusted. It is reported that Express Antivirus 2009 is associated with Antivirus 2009, Pro AntiSpyware 2009, and MS Antivirus 2009.
Once Express Antivirus 2009's trial version is installed, it will run a fake system scan to generate a list of spyware results that are supposedly found in your system. Along with this scan, popups and fake system alert messages may appear to "inform" you about your supposed infections.
If you click on any of these messages, you'll be redirected to ExpressAntivirus 2009's rogue website to further download Express Antivirus 2009's licensed version. ExpressAntivirus2009.com will promote Express Antivirus 2009 as a legit software, do not be tricked by its malicious tactics.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:expressav.exe
File name: expressav.exeSize: 1.46 MB (1467392 bytes)
MD5: b64eb03f31cd240dfccc0695d86d3903
Detection count: 59
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\ExpressAV2009Installer.exe
File name: ExpressAV2009Installer.exeSize: 1.76 MB (1767936 bytes)
MD5: 614601490986f7bd1687c63bf5381cef
Detection count: 30
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\ExpressAV2009Installer.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 23, 2022
I didn't have the patience to spend another minute trying to battle this demon so I just ended up restoring my system to a day earlier.