This copy of AV is not genuine

The ridiculous fake “This copy of AV is not genuine” alert tries to scare users into believing its distributing threat, Antivirus 8 is a great security tool. This is in fact not the case. It will also want its victims to believe that it is the only product able to remove the reported threats. The body of the “This copy of AV is not genuine” message reads as follows:

“This copy of AV is not genuine\"
Your may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Antivirus8 is not genuine and is not eligible to receive the full range of upgrades and product support from Microsoft.”

Antivirus 8, deriving from Antivirus 7 makes use of plenty of these fake warnings, and “This copy of AV is not genuine\" is only one of the many.

It simply cannot be stressed enough that users should not believe any correspondence from the distributors of this alert, and should remove “This copy of AV is not genuine” from their PCs without delay. The only way to completely and effectively delete “This copy of AV is not genuine” is by making use of well known and reliable security tools to perform deep system scans.