What is AntiAID?

AntiAID program was designed for dastardly purposes, which the consumer may be infected with while surfing the Internet. The main program task - using fraudulent methods, show user that the computer system is vulnerable and contains malicious objects. AntiAID belongs to WiniGuard Family and is spread by a Trojan FakeSmoke.

For most rogue programs, including AntiAID, effective user fraud methods are applied, which mislead the victim toward unnecessary purchase - fake anti-virus program license. To show user that his computer is at risk and to divert his attention, criminals use corrupt online computer scanner, very similar to "My Computer" window, so that the victim would see the existence of viruses and download AntiAID as a threat removal tool. After rogue program has been downloaded the following effective techniques are used:

• A fake version of Windows Security Center, which is used for AntiAID promotional purposes;
• Excessive amount of warning messages stating about computer security weaknesses;
• Inability to uninstall rogue program using Add/Remove Programs utility.

The following warning messages are generated by AntiAID:

• Attention: Danger!
  AntiAID has detected 445 critical spyware objects while scanning the system. Register AntiAID to block or remove threatening objects. Click "Clean" to register the version to render revealed threats.
• Spyware Alert!
  Your computer is infected with spyware. It could damage your critical files or expose your private data on the internet. Click here to register your copy of AntiAID and remove spyware threats from your PC.