MS Antivirus (malware)

MS Antivirus (also known as Spyware Protect 2009 and Antivirus XP 2008/Antivirus2009/SecurityTool/etc) is a scareware rogue anti-virus which purports to remove virus infections found on a computer running Microsoft Windows. It attempts to scam the user into purchasing a "full version" of the software. The company and the individuals behind Bakasoftware operated under other different 'company' names, including Innovagest2000, Innovative Marketing Ukraine, Pandora Software, LocusSoftware, etc.

MS Antivirus
Developer(s)Bakasoftware (developer name:Gavril Danilkin alias "krab"), Innovagest2000, Innovative Marketing Inc.(Jain Shaileshkumar, Bjorn Daniel, etc)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeRogue software

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