Being created lately, this rogue antivirus is extremely dangerous software that invades your computer in time you do not know and do not give any consent. Personal Security is a brand new unwanted badware that pretends to be working as antispyware application. It is meant to be rogue because it uses fake system scan in its nasty work and promoted by the usage of Trojans. Once inside the machine, Personal Security runs a full system scans. Unfortunately, the users cannot trust such scan results because it is fully fake and has nothing to do with security work. The only thing such scans were created is to trick the victims into buying program’s products. You can find them if you follow the link Personal Security gives you. Notice that you must not visit such misleading websites and ignore any tries of Personal Security to trick you. What is more Personal Security will to do is to send you annoying notifications, every time you turn on the computer. These pop-ups will state that your system is needed new system scan or, if you haven’t purchased the license, about the importance and usefulness of it. Remember that Personal Security rogue antivirus application and everything this badware is doing is nothing more but scam. Everything is only the try to influence you to give your money away buying worthless products. If you do care about the security of your computer and the thickness of your wallet you must immediately remove Personal Security from your computer and never use it and the same type unwanted software in the future.
Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Innovagest2000 SL
Threat Level: Critical
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How to remove Personal Security manually:
It's possible to remove Personal Security manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.
The files to be deleted:
%Program Files%\PSecurity
%Program Files%\PSecurity\psecurity.exe
%Program Files%\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall
%Program Files%\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall\Uninstall.lnk
%WINDOWS%\system32\win32extension.dll
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Computer Scan.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Help.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Personal Security.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Registration.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Security Center.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Settings.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Update.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PSecurity.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Personal Security.lnk
Remove registry entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{35A5B43B-CB8A-49CA-A9F4-D3B308D2E3CC}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\5FFB10D58FFCF482208906E6A889FD56
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “PSecurity”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\post platform “WinTSI 01.12.2009″
Please be careful because manual removal of Personal Security may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\5FFB10D58FFCF482208906E6A889FD56
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “PSecurity”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\post platform “WinTSI 01.12.2009″
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