VirusRemover2008
Posted: July 9, 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: | 9 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
VirusRemover2008 is a rogue anti-spyware program, and a clone of Antivirus 2008. VirusRemover 2008 may infect your computer with the help of Trojan Zlob, which may have come bundled in a fake video codec installer download. VirusRemover2008 promotes itself as a spyware remover application able to solve your spyware problems after it has detected an exaggerated amount of threats with its fake system scanner.
Virus Remover 2008 has the ability to confuse you with misleading security alerts and warnings stating that your computer is infected with spyware. VirusRemover 2008's messages may be titled: "Alert! Your system is infected!".
VirusRemover 2008 will try to confuse you with its advertising methods into purchasing the VirusRemover 2008's "licensed" program to remove the supposed threats. Virus Remover 2008 may also hijack your desktop and display a Google page stating that your computer is infected with spyware.
VirusRemover 2008 or Virus Remover 2008 is NOT a program related to Windows XP or any other Microsoft product. Do not click on any links provided by VirusRemover 2008. Virus Remover 2008 is a scam and should be removed without any hesitation.
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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:VirusRemover2008_Setup_Free_en[1].exe
File name: VirusRemover2008_Setup_Free_en[1].exeSize: 890.83 KB (890832 bytes)
MD5: 886c951dbbdbc191a3da5e7572305ff3
Detection count: 76
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VRM2008.exe
File name: VRM2008.exeSize: 894.92 KB (894928 bytes)
MD5: c6e13569fd919f11c87feb2998d7e103
Detection count: 24
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusRemover2008_Setup_Free_en[1].exe
File name: VirusRemover2008_Setup_Free_en[1].exeSize: 94.66 KB (94664 bytes)
MD5: 87b8c72b021cb9c3f4e19cfbddcbc374
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
I STUPIDLY PURCHASED VIRUSREMOVER2008 DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE BEEN HAD OVER AND IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF GETTING MONEY BACK
i also stupidly purchased virus remover 2008 a few days ago. and i used my credit card via online. will i have problems?
I too stupidly purchased vitusremover2008. was i had or can i get my money refunded ?
Oh god, dont know if you will be able to get your money back. Iv jst installed the spyhunter which is on this site, really good and will be able to get rid of it.
I have tried all of the instructions and I can't find any files with the virus remover 2008 but, i have the pop ups and the speed delay... somebody help please... it's driving me crazy!!!