Antivirus 8
Posted: September 23, 2010
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 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 438 |
| First Seen: | September 29, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | September 6, 2021 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Antivirus 8 is a rogue anti-virus scanner that displays fake scan results, which simply are excuses for Antivirus 8 to demand a premium registration fee. Although Antivirus 8 claims to have an affiliation with Microsoft, malware experts quickly determined this claim to be fraudulent, and recommend removing Antivirus 8, like any scamware, as a potential security risk to your PC. Since many types of scamware use Trojan installers with other attack functions, Antivirus 8's removal should be handled by legitimate anti-malware products whenever possible.
Antivirus 8: the Logical Continuation of Scamware
Although fraudulent security software is a reasonably profitable industry for numerous persons, these scamware 'products' also necessitate continual updates to confuse and trick new victims into paying for old misleading practices. In some cases, these updates are primarily aesthetic, as can be seen in samples of Antivirus 8, a clone of Antivirus 7 and AV7. Malware experts determined that the latter are, themselves, spinoffs of the Win32/FakeXPA family of rogue system scanners, with minimal changes. Fortunately, Antivirus 8 has not shown itself to have any functions for downloading other threatening software, which is a known feature of that family.
However, even when observed by itself, Antivirus 8 may endanger PC users by displaying fake threat alerts that contain inaccurate information. Antivirus 8's pop-ups indicate that (randomly-chosen) files on your PC have been compromised, after which Antivirus 8 demands money in exchange for removing these infections. Antivirus 8's alerts may include imitation system scans similar to those of real anti-virus programs and may indicate the presence of high-level threats. Attempting to delete the 'infected' files indicated by Antivirus 8 may damage your system and is not recommended by malware experts.
Taking the Virus out of Your Supposed Anti-Virus
While not known for launching additional attacks that don't directly involve displaying fake information, Antivirus 8 is part of the classification of threats that may be responsible for changing security settings, blocking software and installing other PC threats. As a result of these risks, malware researchers advise removing Antivirus 8 as soon as you've identified Antivirus 8, regardless of the nature of its installation. Most anti-malware products of competent origin should be more than capable of deleting Antivirus 8 without any significant issues.
Scamware profits primarily off of the uninformed natures of its victims. Always use reputable security programs to double-check the results of ones whose results you have any reason to doubt, and never give money to software products that have failed to prove their value. If it's already past that point, you should consider contacting your credit card company or taking other steps that will let you prevent ill-minded persons from abusing any information that has been given to them under the misleading circumstances of an Antivirus 8-style hoax.
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:%PROGRAMFILES%\AV8\av8.exe
File name: av8.exeSize: 1.53 MB (1532416 bytes)
MD5: 6375481a835e6ff95fe16913f08f7365
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2010
%PROGRAMFILES%\AV8\av8.exe
File name: av8.exeSize: 1.53 MB (1534464 bytes)
MD5: 159b911520b67558ea78f0ecaaf67f88
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2010
%PROGRAMFILES%\AV8\av8.exe
File name: av8.exeSize: 1.53 MB (1532416 bytes)
MD5: cb445ecd677cd06d8cad8867d3ecf708
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2010
%PROGRAMFILES%\AV8\av8.exe
File name: av8.exeSize: 2.26 MB (2268160 bytes)
MD5: fc8fa8f3bb312c395838f2ef9267f33a
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2010
%PROGRAMFILES%\AV8\av8.exe
File name: av8.exeSize: 2.29 MB (2296320 bytes)
MD5: 7fc45acd81a15c9a155bc05c21df2752
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2010
%PROGRAMFILES%\AV8\av8.exe
File name: av8.exeSize: 1.53 MB (1532928 bytes)
MD5: aa03511042a767b0cd0955488cc53a55
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\AV8
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 29, 2010
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Hi I got a AV8 antivirous in my pc system suddnely but I don't want to instal this antivirous but they are still demanding the money from me to uninstall this virous. So pls help me that how can I remove it
pls reply me as soon as well.
Thank you.
I\'ve tried all of the commands above, and a Geek squad member\'s advice to run in safe mode and disable the virus... both were unsuccessful. I wonder if these strategies are for an older operating system... I\'m using WIndows 7.
Worked well, Windows XP. Excellent information saved me a lot of hair pulling and frustration.
IT TRYS TO TAKE OVER MY PC
remove antivirus8
I WANT TO REMOVE ANTIVIRUS8
Help!!!!! AV8 has taken over control of my desktop. It stops all downloads and access to the internet. I had to disconnect the desktop from the network because AV8 was trying to take over my laptop too.
What can you suggest for me to try to remove AV8 from my desktop running XP Pro. If I can get removal software on a disc will it work. What can I do. Frantic!! Thanks
I WANT THIS CRAP OFF MY COMPUTER RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AWFUL. IT IS TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY PC!! GET IT OFF NOW~!!!!!!
Took me at least 5min of my time... These people who create such programs really are NO-LIVERS! THanx for the instructions
I want antiviur 8 to be gone , how do I get rid of it without paying for it because it really dirups my life and can't access any thing because my internet exlpore is in emergency safe mode. I am ready to just pull out my hair over this Help please
so i safemode and scan with norton 360 then delete antivirus file so should it be fine now?
Hi Guys
please confrim that Antivrus 8 is infact is a Virus itself and if it appears on your note book demnd 75 dollars to update I should not pay for this?
Please adivise what I should do next , I am on a sinple user with linited PC experience.for
Longbow
antivirus 8 has taken over my computor i cant get into any programs at all what can i do im desperate
thks
ian
My phone is BlackBerry 8520 and it has virus how can I delete that virus in my phone I can't even download music and even take pictures please help me