XP Defender (is this a virus & how do i get rid of it )

[9obamartins]

for the past few days i keep getting a pop up saying i have security breaches on my pc , it's a pop up from sometthing called XP DEFENDER but i dont recognise this programm as one i have installed so i dont click on the scan or anything , it keeps poping up every 5 minutes and is really annoying , im sure i have heard this as being some sort of virus so , if it is can anyone help me to get rid of it please ?

i have windows xp home installed and havent had much bother since i put avast antivirus on it , well thats until now , it seems to run quite sluggish sometimes aswell

any help would be really appreciated

Thanks

9obamartins

[koola2]

Sorry but it is, had this on a PC at work.

The main culprint was the file %APPDATA%\ave.exe we deleted this but then had a few other problems as it had associated itself with a few registry enteries. But if you google ave.eve removal you should get some helpful sites (can't find the one we used at the moment)

This seems to be good:
http://www.istanto.net/how-to-remove...tispyware.html

[TotallyRandom]

combo fixed removed this on one i was working on

Ran Malwarebytes and anti virus after that too be sure

[steve10574]

i have seen this on my in-laws laptop how bloody clever is it by the way!

what TotallyRandom said got rid of it for me

[unclex]

Loads on google
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=XP+...ient=firefox-a

[Nibb]

Loads on google
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=XP+...ient=firefox-a

Hes unlikely to have done that mate cos hes too lazy to even post whether other suggestions worked on his other threads.

He would rather post thread after thread on the same subject despite warnings to the contrary.

Asks him in a month.