Antivirus 2008 , also known as Antivirus2008, is one of the latest counterfeit antispyware that devastates the wolrd wide web. Antivirus 2008 is a variant of XP Antivirus or WinAntivirusPro. Antivirus 2008 usually come up after you installed a video codec that come with Trojan, malware and virus. Antivirus 2008 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase Antivirus 2008.

It is very important to remove all the components of of the Antivirus 2008 and all the malware and trojans that it might have come bundle with (such as zlob.trojan, trojan.vundo and Trojan.Downloader). To effectively remove Antivirus 2008, we have created a manual removal instructions which is easy to understand.

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Manual Antivirus 2008 Removal Instructions:

Unregister Antivirus 2008 DLL Files:
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shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll

Stop Antivirus 2008 Processes:
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Antivirus 2008.lnk
Uninstall Antivirus.lnk
Antvrs.exe
AntiVirus2008.exe

Find and Delete these Antivirus 2008:
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AntiVirus2008.exe
shlwapi.dll
wininet.dll
Antivirus 2008.lnk
Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk

Remove Antivirus 2008 Registry Values:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe”

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Not too long ago, users on the Neowin.net forums started complaining about not being able to send YouTube links to their contacts on Windows Live Messenger. I was skeptic at first, but it didn’t take me very long to confirm that is indeed the case.

As you can see, any messages that contain in text or links to “www.youtube.com” fails to be delivered.

Curious as a cat, I loaded up a network packet sniffer to find out exactly what’s going on behind the scenes. Technically, the message packets are in fact sent to the Messenger servers (so it’s not being blocked at your client), but the server sends back a negative acknowledgment (NAK) packet instead of an acknowledgment (ACK) packet. Simply speaking, the server is refusing the message.

As some people may recall, in 2006 there was a report quoting MSN Sweden admitting Microsoft is “censoring” messages it deems a security threat. How it does this is by matching messages with a known list of text strings which are commonly found in phishing and malware sites such as “download.php”. Microsoft doesn’t publishes which strings are on this list for obvious reasons, but a comprehensive list of

MalWarrior, also known as Mal Warrior 2008, a rogue anti-spyware application by itself but advertises itself as a removal tool. As a matter of act, it is one of the latest counterfeit anti-spyware software that causes troubles for our innocent computer users today. Generally, MalWarrior usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Vundo Trojan, Zlob Trojan, Virus or fake software. MalWarrior will display fake system alerts or fake security alerts to trick user to buy the paid version of MalWarrior, in order to remove the potential and reported problems. Not only does it cause your machine to slow down or degrade dramatically, it would also put your privacy and data in risk. To avoid further damages, it’s highly recommended to remove MalWarrior if your computer is infected.

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Manual Removal Instructions:

Stop MalWarrior Processes:
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MalWarrior.EXE
mwlauncher.exe

Find and Delete these MalWarrior Files:
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MalWarrior.exe
MalWarrior.url
mwlauncher.exe

Remove MalWarrior Registry Values:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\adsl software limited\malwarrior 2007
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\adsl software limited\malwarrior 2007\4.0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\adsl software limited\malwarrior 2007\4.0\config
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\malwarrior 2007_is1

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I caught up with Deryl McCartney, Marketing Manager for the Windows Vista Logo Program, to get a general update on Certified for Windows Vista product as of today.

Just to re-cap: Certified for Windows Vista products are products that carry the above logo. This logo represents a group of applications and hardware that have gone through an extensive certification process that means they work great with Windows Vista. We want users who are looking for devices, applications, or PC components to easily be able to identify the ones that will give them the best experience in Windows Vista today. When I go into a store looking for something for my PCs I always "look for the logo".

As of April, we currently have over 5,000 products that are Certified for Windows Vista. Since last July, the amount of Certified for Windows Vista products has almost doubled!  As you can see - we've seen quite a bit of growth with new Certified for Windows Vista products entering the market.

Deryl is very excited about some of the new Certified for Windows Vista products hitting the market today and wanted me

After you back up your information, you can copy these duplicates of your Outlook data to a removable media such as a CD or DVD. The backup files are exact copies of the original files and are saved in the same file format. You can receive periodic reminders to back up your files.

With Personal Folders Backup, you can choose which of your .PST files you wish to back up, and how often you wish to back them up.

Each .PST file contains all of your Outlook folders, including the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts. You can have a single .PST file (usually called "Internet Folders" or "Personal Folders" in your Folder List), but you might also have an additional .PST file that you use for archiving ("Archiving Folders"). Personal Folders Backup lets you back up any or all of these .PST files

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