It looks like Antivirgear is virus of some sort. A quick search using 
the word showed plenty of help.
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=ANTIVIRGEAR&src=IE-SearchBox
or
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ANTIVIRGEAR&btnG=Google+Search

alan smith wrote:

>I have a friend with XP sp2 who is a writer  and very seldom on line except for  e-mails. Recently a program almost took over her computer. There is a little blue shield in the taskbar that gives a small popup about security and viruses,
>  then turns red and takes over the whole screen. Now, it doesn't flash, but covers the screen and if deleted, returns after 10 to 30 seconds. I have done a boot scan with AVAST, plus Spy Bot and Ad-aware. 
>  The name of this thing is   ANTIVIRGEAR. Has anyone heard of this thing,
>  and how do we get rid of it. It makes it VERY difficult to do any writing.
>  Many thanks for your help,  AL SMITH
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