Antivirus8 is a rogue antispyware program that is a clone of infamous Antivirus 7 fake application. The program is installed by Trojan viruses that also configure Antivirus 8 to start automatically when computer starts. The application is also promoted through malicious websites that offer scanning your system for infections and later on suggest purchasing a full version of Antivirus8 in order to remove infections that have been detected by online scanner.

When the program is installed to the system, it regularly runs system scanner and imitates looking for infections. Once the scan is done the program lists a bunch of files and reports them to be infections. In order to remove them, you are told to purchase a full version of Antivirus 8.

Moreover, the application causes tons of security notifications, for example:

This copy of AV is not genuine
Your may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Antivirus8 is not genuine and is not eligible to receive the full range of upgrades and product support from Microsoft.

Warning! Identity theft attampt detected!
Attacker IP: <random IP address>
Attack Target: Microsoft Corp. Keys
Description: Remote host tries to get access to your personal information.

Warning! New Virus Detected!
Threat Detected: Email-Worm.Zhelatin
Infected file: <random file name>
Description: Worm Email-Worm.Zhelatin.vy is virus-like malware with destructive code, and is able to mutate, replacing its own code by itself. This makes Email-Worm.Zhelatin.vy very dangerous, hard to find, and difficult to delete. Like most viruses, worm Email-Worm-Zhelatin.vy may spread to other computers by secretly emailing themselves to Internet users in your address book.

Basically, they are displayed in order to make an impression your system is badly infected and encourage purchasing Antivirus8 to ensure protection to your computer. However, you shouldn’t trust any of the above messages as they are absolutely fake and only displayed in order to mislead you into paying for Antivirus 8.

You are strongly advised to remove Antivirus 8 from your computer as soon as you notice it on your system. You will find a removal guide of Antivirus8 below this article. You should also scan your system with a reputable antispyware program in order to remove all infections that might have infiltrate while Antivirus 8 was running in the background.