Ultimate Antivirus 2008

Alias: UltimateAntivirus, Ultimate Antivirus, UltimateAntivirus2008, UAV2008

Description: Ultimate Antivirus 2008 is a fake anti-spyware application that may be secretly installed by the Zlob Trojan without your permission or knowlege or downloaded from the fraudulent uav2008.com website:

Ultimate Antivirus 2008 displays fake system messages or makes false spyware detections:

Ultimate Antivirus 2008 popups is supposed to scare the user into purchasing the full version of this fake anti-spyware program.

You must not visit uav2008.com website or install fraudulent Ultimate Antivirus 2008 software. The following sites are advertise Ultimate Antivirus 2008 and other fake anti-spyware programs: securearticle.com, securitycenteralerts.com.

SpyNoMore removes both Ultimate Antivirus 2008 and the Zlob trojan that installed it, as well as stop the associated popups.

Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

Ransomware - Ransomware is a software application that infects a computer and asks for money to have the infection removed.

Trojan - A Trojans or Trojan Horse is any programs that installs itself secretly, quite often with sinister intent. Once installed, the trojan author (hacker) can gain complete control of the infected PC. Trojans are usually designed to steal sensitive information and/or destroy the system. Trojans can be distributed as unsolicited email attachments, or bundled with freeware and shareware programs.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer or your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore detects Ultimate Antivirus 2008: Yes

Threat risk: Very High Risk

Extremely dangerous malware. Uses stealth installation, randomly named entries and has the capability to self update or resurrect after incomplete removal. Almost impossible to remove manually. Category mostly consists of trojans and spyware.

Symptoms:

Popup messages claiming that your computer is infected.

Installation of Ultimate Antivirus 2008 without your concent.

Hijacked homepage.

Ultimate Antivirus 2008 Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Ultimate Antivirus 2008, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
UltimateAntivirus2008.exe
UAV2008Setup.exe
Antvrs.exe

File Signatures:
UltimateAntivirus2008.exe
UAV2008Setup.exe
Antvrs.exe
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll

Folder Signatures:
N/A

Registry Signatures:
%HKLM%\SOFTWARE\UltimateAntivirus2008
%HKLM%\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
%HKCU%\Software\UltimateAntivirus2008
%HKCU%\Software\Antivirus

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

See Also:
WinSpyKiller
XPAntivirusSecurity
WinSpyControl
WinPcDoctor
WinSecureAv
homesecurepage.com
AntiSpyCheck
safebrowsenow.com
safepageplace.com
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