Recently my computer was hit by a virus attack. The infection was caused by Antivirus 360. Antivirus 360 is a Rogue anti-spyware program that shows false scan results and uses aggressive advertising to promote itself. Vundo Trojan advertises this rogue. Vundo Trojan shows large number of false Pop Ups, notification and alerts about your computer being infected asking you to install Antivirus 360. Once you download and install Antivirus 360 it will scan your computer for infection and show false results. It even shows windows regular files C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe, C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe as spyware or virus. So if you manually remove these files your computer may cease to function properly. Antivirus 360 cannot be uninstalled as it doesn't list any uninstall utility to remove it. Windows Add/Remove program cannot uninstall it. So you have basically stuck with this program till you register it online for $50.
To get rid of this Antivirus you can use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program. This Anti-Malware can remove the most advanced malware. I downloaded this Anti-Malware program and installed it on my computer. The first time when I ran it, It scanned computer, found Vundo Trojan. I then removed Vundo Trojan with it. Next I updated Malwarebytes Anti-Malware using built in update function. After updating when I ran the Anti-Malware utility again it found Rogue Antivirus 360 infection. I then removed the Antivirus 360 by just pressing Remove button.
Labels: Antivirus, software, Technology, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP