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How to remove XP Home Security 2011 rogue anti-spyware

Malware Description:
There is one apparent and some false things one can understand from the name of XP Home Security 2011 program. The obvious one is the program is XP based, which means it won’t appear on computers running other Operating Systems. Now, we are afraid you won’t like what we will be telling about this application about this application further. XP Home Security 2011 is malicious software that has nothing in common with security or home security. It is a fake antivirus tool that imitates the activity of a regular security solution. The interesting fact about XP Home Security 2011 is it actually represents a process that exhibits itself differently on different Operating Systems (e.g. if the malware happens to land on Windows 7, it’s going to be Win 7 Home Security 2011, same applies for Vista). We have known this malware family for more than a year, and all of its reps follow the above pattern. When XP Home Security 2011 gets into your computer (without your knowledge of course) you will start seeing weird and annoying things taking place. The virus will keep generating fake PC scanners and false alerts to try and convince you that your system is unsafe. The badware reports some hazardous infections on your machine such as spyware, adware, trojans, worms and others, thus intimidating you. The creators of XP Home Security 2011 rely on credulity of its potential victims, so they do hope you fall for the pseudo malware reports it displays. We urge you to be cautious and sober when deciding whether you should believe XP Home Security 2011 or not. No, we insist that you ignore all those ads and never purchase the full version of this software no matter how persuasively and persistently it asks you to. Since XP Home Security 2011 definitely does not belong on your machine and may harm it, be sure to remove it immediately. Our tutorial provided below should help you with that.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: Critical

Advice: Immediately remove and scan for additional malware

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How to remove XP Home Security 2011 manually:
Manual removal of XP Home Security 2011 is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe
• %Documents and Settings%\[All Users]\[random]
• %Documents and Settings%\[All Users]\Application Data\[random]
• %Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Templates\[random]
• %Temp%\[random]

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “(Default)” = ‘exefile’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1′ = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile “(Default)” = ‘Application’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1′
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” – ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1′
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “%1″ %*’
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”‘
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -safe-mode’
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random].exe” /START “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”‘

Please be aware that manual removal of XP Home Security 2011 is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal XP Home Security 2011, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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