This post is more of a reference for people who are dealing with the nasty Antivirus XP 2008. To emphasize, the application is malware so take extra caution when dealing with the application.
Here is a list of my experiences, tips, advice, and suggestions that helped me get rid of mine:
Symptoms of the Virus on your Computer:
1. Your internet browser becomes hijacked and you are redirected to junk website when you click on external links
2.Your wallpaper is either blue of white with a huge virus warning window permanently imprinted in the middle.
3. A realistic, BUT FAKE antivirus window appears that FALSELY scans and provides FAKE results.
4.There is a constant pop-up bubble from the toolbar at the bottom of the sceen that alerts you of how many infections you have. DONT BE FOOLED! It is obviously fake!
Here are a list of items that will be afflicted by the virus:
Internet Browser
Wallpaper, Display, and certain Appearance features
Dramatic slow down in browsing speed due to malware
Certain Hot Keys
Email-(It has been noted to have occured to some people)
Suggestions!:
First off, try to manually remove the program. More likely, the software installed itself without your knowledge. Secondly, make sure your FIREWALL is ON. If you need help in manually removing it there are tons of other post on Yahoo Answers! So be sure to look around!
Now for me, the Browser Hijacking was the most frustrating part, but I downloaded a software that is free and ELIMINATES all the trojans, spyware, and malware that is hiding somewhere in your drive(s).

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol;pop&cdlPid=10878968

Malewarebytes’ Anti-Malware is superb. Easy, quick download, and it takes care of those virus thingys pretty effectively. Once you download it, perform a quick scan once or twice. After a while, a whole mess of trojans, adware, and so on start counting up. When the scan is complete, an alert window will pop up instructing you to click yes to restarting the computer so that the process can be complete. It SHOULD restart the computer for you! That should clear up the nasty Antivirus XP 2008.
Again, there are a whole bunch of other post that will provide more detailed instructions. But from my experience, I used Malewarebytes’ Anti-Maleware to scan and clean up my computer and it removed all traces of the virus so I definitely recommend downloading it from CNET.com for free. It totally makes things easier!
I hope this all helped!

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