[speedball1]

If you clicked o Microsoft "Anti-Virus 2009" it's already too late. You're infested with spam that refuses to be deleted and if you attempt to access the removal tool it won't download. I tried just about every way I could to delete it. It resisted everything I tried. Pop-ups eveery time I turned around.
The only way Microsoft would stop the pop-ups and spam would be if I paid big $ for their application. Since I didn't need this I figured a simple "NO" would be enough. File shredder, program delete, cancel, none would get this out of my system. It just hung on like a bad cold.
I finally gave up and restored my system back before Anti-Virus 2009.
If you see it do not download it! It is not a download! If you've downloaded it good luck on removing it . I tried for a hour before I just gave up and restored my system. Good luck, Tom

[vingogly]

Antivirus 2009 is not a Microsoft product, it's counterfeit antivirus spyware and a variant of Antivirus 2008. I'm no fan of Microsoft, but they do not distribute malware.

[speedball1]

Thank you Vingogly,
It had Microsoft all over it so I just assumed it was a Microsoft update so I down loaded it. BIG MISTAKE! Cheers, Tom

[vingogly]

Thank you Vingogly,
It had microsoft all over it so I just assumed it was a Microsoft update so I down loaded it. BIG MISTAKE!! Cheers, Tom

What better way to dupe someone into downloading malware than to paste Microsoft all over it? :)

[Curlyben]

This is a new form of adware.
It gives a ton of false positives that cannot be "removed" until you pay them ;)
Not a problem Tom.
Just download and run this through your system, it will remove all traces of this adware.

Malwarebytes.org

[speedball1]

Thanks Ben, Your download failed. I even went to their web site and tried to download it. I find out now that Windows Defender is simply a earlier 2008 version of the malware I'm attempting to remove. Now I have removed the 2009 version by restoring back to a earlier date but Windows Defender came with Vista. (Talk about bloat) I guess I'll try the web for a solution. Do you have any more ideas> thanks, tom

[Curlyben]

Windows Defender is a legit piece of software, although rather rubbish.

Here's a different link for you : Thank you for downloading Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from Download.com

Failing that PM me your e-mail and I'll send it over, it's only small, but too large to attach.

[vingogly]

The Malwarebytes program Ben suggested is what you want. If you can't get it downloaded, see if someone else you know can download it to a USB keychain drive so you can install it from there.

EDIT: Oops, Ben beat me to it. :)

[Curlyben]

Vingogly, normally I use Spybot, but I have found Malwarebytes does an excellent job with this particular piece of annoyingware ;)

[speedball1]

Thanks Ben but I clicked om your limk and got a trial version of " Advanced Registry Optimizer". I disabled Windows Defender. Sure acts like Malware. You can't delete it. Thanks for your help. Tom

[Curlyben]

Freaky.
I'll e-mail it over to you.

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