What is XPAntivirus?
Apparently, XPAntivirus 2008 tries to be somewhat discrete, an assumption I've made when no advertising program was automatically downloaded in the download section of the program's homepage (either that, or my security tools failed to catch one, which is highly unlikely). The program must be downloaded and installed manually. Instead of the more aggressive approaches to scamming, the makers probably hope that the design will give enough credibility to buy the thing. Either way, what happens is, someone downloads a trial version of the program, performs the scan and gets a falsified report full of bogus threats. Removing these threats is supposedly possible with the full version, and obviously this is not true. Many users are, however, naive, desperate or lacking information enough to buy it.
I have to admit, I haven't seen many rogue security programs with such an appealing design. Contrary to many other of it's predecessors, the homepage of XPAntivirus 2008 doesn't have a million fake logos and the nauseating overall feel of being in a circus with countless poorly matched colors and slogans. Neither does it have issues with grammar or maths. All that aside there are still give-aways of its scammy nature : the "latest virus alerts" and "latest threats" lists include threats as old as the year 2000. The disclaimer reads "We have developed a powerful tool – VirusProtectPro – to help users detect and remove spyware and malware from their PCs," even though the product they're selling is not VirusProtectPro at all. This indicates (or may indicate) two things: they may have also made VirusProtectPro, which is also a scam and even if they did not, hardly would they copy+paste a disclaimer from some other tool, were it anything more than a trap. The "about product" section says that XPAntivirus 2008 has been downloaded 4 million times and that 20,000 more downloads happen weekly, which is quite hard to believe having in mind that it was released yesterday. Last, but not least, the website contains no contact information whatsoever, something that is absurd for a legitimate product.
Don't be hypnotized by the nice design, the promises of effectiveness and other things. If you already bought it, remove it immediately and block XPAntivirus2008.com's URL in your host files.
XPAntivirus is Extremely dangerous
XPAntivirus is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
XPAntivirus may spread via Trojans
XPAntivirus may display fake security messages
XPAntivirus may install additional spyware to your computer
XPAntivirus may repair its files, spread or update by itself
XPAntivirus violates your privacy and compromises your security
Manual XPAntivirus removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove XPAntivirus, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
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XPAntivirus is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only XPAntivirus can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads XPAntivirus trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, XPAntivirus offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, XPAntivirus not only does not fix the errors, but it takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.
Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as XPAntivirus, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install XPAntivirus, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as XPAntivirus, is nearly impossible to remove manually.

August 18th, 2008 at 6:35 am hate the program