I have 3 computers

I have 3 computers, a Dual core pentium Q6600, an AMD Athlon 3000+ and an old POS IBM 2.4ghz. My first 2 computers are fine, untouched by the AV2008 virus. My IBM on the other hand keeps getting this virus, no matter how many times I remove it and reformat my hard drive (I wonder if it leaves traces in my Bios/flash memory). Just having the IBM hooked up to the net will inffect it.
I removed the virus the first time myself, then reformatted my hard drive, and updated XP. I went to the store and when I came back my comp was infected, AV2008 was running a scan, I hadn’t even been using it, but it was hooked up to the net. (I doubt I got it from SP1a or SP2.)

If you load up into safe mode it makes it 10X easier to remove the virus, you can change your background and get the name of the file they used for their background picture. Search for the first four to six letters of that name and you should find 6 to 10 other files with roughly the same name. These files will be located in your WINDOWS/PREFETCH folder and in your WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 folders.
I use Zone alarm Pro, which lets you shut down every executable (file) program on your computer with it’s program control feature. Find the AV2008, and kill the program…will remove the registry entries and most of the other spyware files that came along with AV2008.
If you need to do it manually, load up into safe mode and follow the instructions found at the top of the page. Safe mode doesn’t load AV2008 or any of it’s components and lets you remove the files without getting any errors.

Thank you for providing this manual removal site.