The makers of Virus Sweeper created this program as a way to blackmail computer users into disclosing their credit card information. Virus Sweeper's only other functional elements are Virus Sweeper's credit card information entry form, and a collection of Trojans and malicious scripts designed to cause problems deliberately on a computer system. In fact, there is little more to Virus Sweeper than Virus Sweeper's interface. Rogueware like Virus Sweeper are programs designed superficially to look like real anti-virus programs. Other clones of Virus Sweeper include Antivirus 2009, Power Antivirus 2009, Vista Antivirus 2009 and AntiVir64. Malware researchers have identified Virus Sweeper as a possible update of the widespread rogue anti-virus Virus Doctor. Virus Sweeper is a fake anti-virus program, also known as a rogue.
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