It is an adware program which deceives users and warns them of unexisting threats in their computers. It can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display banners or pop-up windows which lead to the download of this program.

Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95

AntivirusPC2009 is an adware program that warns users of unexisting threats in their computers so that they purchase a certain program that removes them from the computer.

AntivirusPC2009 can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display banners or pop-up windows which lead to the download of this program. It can also reach the computer in a link that can be received via spam messages, fraudulent websites, etc.

AntivirusPC2009 is easy to recognize, as it shows the symptoms below:

• When it is run, the program is installed in the computer and drops several files belonging to malware in order to detect them later in the analysis.
• First, it starts scanning the system and once finished, it notifies users that malware has been detected in the computer:
  
  
• Then, it displays alert messages, reminding users that the computer is infected: