Spyware

Win Antivirus 2008 is a rogue antivirus application. Win Antivirus 2008 is often downloaded and installed by a Trojan, through browser security holes, or via other unconventional and unethical mechanisms. Once installed, Win Antivirus 2008 will display notifications of imaginary security and privacy risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase the full version and may generate system slowdown and instability. This program can be extremely difficult to manually remove.