AntiVirus Gold

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Antivirus gold is a piece of rogue software that poses as a legitimate antivirus program. It is typified by a small icon in the system tray, with a link directing to download the offending software. It could also possibly do a homepage hijack.

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  • Computer Associates has more info. [1] [2] There have been many variants of this malware also such as Antivirus Golden, Antispyware Gold and the like. They seem to be related to both WinAntiVirus and Winfixer. Typically said infections are installed by the Vundo, SysProtect or SmitFraud trojans.
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