FakeXPA scareware poses as a legitimate commercial AV package, AVG Antivirus 2011. Microsoft s Malware Protection Center issued a warning for the phony AVG program on Monday. The application is standard issue scareware that claims to scan for malware, displays fake detection warnings about infections, then asks for money to remove the non-existent malware. The malware is known, in cases, to install its own malware variants of the Alureon Trojan horse program.
Source: https://threatpost.com/fake-avg-scam-software-cops-name-and-logo-real-av-020111/74899/