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Lately, my clients have been getting the dreaded malware from Antivirus 2009 or Antivirus 360 which is causing havoc on their computers. The official name for this malware is the zlob trojan which has been around for years in different forms. I have seen other variations of this like Antivirus 2008, and Defender 2009. At first glance, It looks like a very legit application using a Windows XP’ish style interface. It quickly runs through a supposedly quick scan of you computer and then reporting numerous infections. But, What it is actually trying to do is scare the user into buying their software to remove the infection it has obviously caused.

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