Antivirus XP 2008, or Vista Antivirus 2008, or XP Antivirus 2008, is one of the latest counterfeit antispyware that devastates the wolrd wide web. Antivirus XP 2008 usually come up after you installed a video codec or software patch that come with Trojan, malware and virus. All of these variants are from the same virus family and they are created to make our life miserable. In short, Antivirus XP 2008 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase XP Antivirus 2008, Antivirus 2008 or Vista Antivirus 2008.
It is very hard to remove. You need to be a very advanced user to rid it from your computer manually. There is one way to remove it that a novice may execute. Go to Google Pack download page at:
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-synsearch&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20pack
Un-check all but "Spyware Doctor"
Click "download Now"
This will take you to another page showing "Spyware Doctor"
Click "Agree and Download"
Install the software
Update for the newest definitions
Scan your computer
Fix the problems it finds
Restart your computer
You may have to replace the photo on your desktop (wallpaper) to get rid of the big red warning image.
Good Luck !