12 January 2009 No Comment

Expert Antivirus 2009 is a rogue anti-spyware program, and a clone of the recently released Expert Antivirus. This parasite uses trojans, such as Zlob or Vundo, to enter the system, and it employs scare tactics to trick the user into purchasing it’s "licensed version".

Upon infiltrating the system, Expert Antivirus 2009 will flood the user with popups and fake system notifications, supposedly to inform him of an infection or multiple infections present on the system. Similarly to most other rogues, Expert Antivirus 2009 is likely to hijack the browser and redirect the user to malicious websites, which are either used to promote Expert Antivirus 2009 or other malware. This parasite’s trial version allows the user to do a system scan, which produces a falsified report, thus further intimidating the user.

The only way to dispose of these "threats", is to purchase Expert Antivirus 2009 "full version", which is no more functional than the trial.

Expert Antivirus 2009 is a scam and should be treated as such: do NOT download or buy it and block it’s homepage using your HOSTS file.