System Antivirus 2008 (aka SystemAntivirus2008 )is a new clone of XP AntiVirus 2008 and it is a rogue security application. System Antivirus 2008 does this as a scare tactic to get you to purchase the full version System Antivirus 2008.
It displays fake warning alerts and message to scare you. Once Installed, it silently installs additional trojans on the user’s computer for maximum destructions.
Risk Level : Very High ( Dangerous )
Note :- To safely & quickly detect System Antivirus 2008, We highly recommend you to use the Removal Tool for System Antivirus 2008.
Download – Removal Tool for System Antivirus 2008
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System Antivirus 2008

System Antivirus 2008 Fake Alert

Symptoms of System Antivirus 2008
Pop up balloon warning messages claiming that your PC is infected.
- "Critical System Error",
- "Your computer is infected",
- "Trojan-Spy.win32@mx",
- "Virus Alert",
- "Security Alert"
Manual Removal Process ( How to get rid of System Antivirus 2008 )
Search and kill the following processes (Learn Here)
SAV2008Setup[1].exe, SystemAntivirus2008.exe, sav.exe
Remove System Antivirus 2008 files & dlls files (Learn Here)
sav.exe
sav.cpl
SAV2008Setup[1].exe
wininet.dll
shlwapi.dll
Uninstall System Antivirus 2008.lnk
System Antivirus 2008.lnk
SystemAntivirus2008.exe
Remove/Modify corrupt Registry Entries (Learn Here)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”Antivirus” = “%ProgramFiles%\System Antivirus 2008\Antvrs.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus
June 11th, 2008 at 5:43 am
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June 21st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
look it keeps coming up i am infected but when i click cancel my new avg says that that was a virus can u help me??
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:03 am
so this is really the main virus
September 19th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Thanks in millions !!! …… this infection removed by removal tool.
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September 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
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October 5th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
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October 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
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