October 25, 2008

Misleading Application Antivirus 2008 - Symptoms, Alerts, Removal tools

AntiVirus 2008 displays security warnings similar to Windows like warning message with a link to a web site http://rapidantivirus.com.
Executable files of this misleading application is stored under this path "C:\Program Files\PCHealthCenter". This folder contains these files ..


0.exe
0.gif
1.ico
2.ico
4.exe
foo.txt
1.exe
2.exe
3.exe
5.exe
sc.html
1.gif
2.gif
3.gif
7.exe


Alert message displayed by Antivirus 2008

Security Essentials

Security Center helps you manage your Windows security settings. To help protect your computer, make sure all the security essentials below are marked ON. If the settings are not ON, follow the recommendations.


Windows did not find antivirus software on this computer. Antivirus software helps protect your computer against viruses and other security threats such as spyware. Please follow the recommendations to fix the problem.

Recommendations

Install antivirus and antispyware software (given in no particular order):

+ Rapid Antivirus - Click here to start scan


Security audit:
Virus protection: no protection immediate action needed
Spyware protection: no protection immediate action needed
Privacy protection: low protection attention required


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