007AntiSpyware is a misleading application that reports false scan alerts and deceptive advertising to promote itself. 007AntiSpyware is typically first encountered when visiting web sites that display a pop-up stating that your computer is infected and that you should run an online anti-malware or anti-virus scanner in order to check for infections. The program than tries to fool the user in purchasing the full license to remove the false infection.
Type: Misleading Application
Name: 007AntiSpyware
Publisher: 007AntiSpyware.com
Risk Impact: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000
Behavior: The program reports false or exaggerated system security threats on the computer.
Removal
The following instructions pertain to all current and recent Symantec antivirus products, including the Symantec AntiVirus and Norton AntiVirus product lines.
- Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP).
- Update the virus definitions.
- Run a full system scan.
- Delete any values added to the registry.
For specific details on each of these steps, read the following instructions.
If you do not have Norton Antivirus, you can download a free copy of Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware to remove this software.
Great advice I just hate those pesky little programs, thumbs up. Speaking of which I just signed up for stumble and would like to make friends any ideas>
Just sign up and you will find friends that have the same interest.
Dear Frank,
You will have plenty of removal instructions to write about for the rest of the year, because according to reports from PandaLabs there will be over 630,000 variants of bogus security software available, infecting as many as 35 million computers each month!
Read more about it on the WOT blog.
Safe surfing,
Deborah
Web of Trust
Deborah,
2009 already has had more misleading applications than all of 2008. It’s a year of fraud for software.