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XP Police AntiVirus

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Aliases:

• New Variant:  XP Police Antivirus

• Antivirus2009

• XP Antivirus 2008

• Vista Antivirus 2008

• Ultimate Antivirus 2008

• System Antivirus 2008

XP Police Antivirus is a Rogue AntiSpyware Program. A Rogue AntiSpyware program is a fake application that seems like a real spyware removal program.

What happens is that you visit a website that has been hacked and you will get a pop up message that you have a virus and it will run a fake scan in your browser.

Here is screen shot of XP Police Antivirus.

Below is an example of two different windows you could see when you get this virus.

(Fake Virus Scan running in your Browser)

 

(Fake Security Center Message)

It will say you have one or more viruses and to click here to install a program that will remove the virus. Here is where the scammer gets you. When you click on the link, you are send to a website where you have to pay for the virus/spyware removal program.

The main problem is that the website where you paid for the virus removal program, is the one who gave you the virus in the first place.

These types of Rogue AntiSpyware Programs are very hard to get rid of sometimes.