A new trend in spyware over the past several years has been for malware developers to attempt to trick you into paying for anti-spyware software to help keep your computer free of spy and malware. The authors of these tools attempt to do this by displaying a pop-up advertisement on your computer informing you that the computer is infected with spyware and viruses and trying to convince you to download and purchase fake spyware removal software. In actuality, this is a ploy to get you to further infect your computer by downloading the Antivirus 2009 malware, which acts as a Trojan horse for downloading additional malware to your computer. In order to clean your computer off the Antivirus 2009 infection, you must combine manual and automatic detection and cleaning methods on your computer.
