AntiVirus Gold
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Not to be confused with the AVG line of antivirus programs.
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. There have also been many variants of this malware, 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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- http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic22397.html
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453094194
- http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-antivirusgold/
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