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Remove Vista Antivirus 2012. Description and removal instructions
| Title: Vista Antivirus 2012 | Also known as: VistaAntivirus2012, VistaAntivirus 2012 | |
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Type: Spyware |
Severity scale: (71 / 100) |
Vista Antivirus 2012 is a rogue security program that is promoted through the use of Trojans. When this fake program is running, it will simulate a system scan and display a list of false system security threats. Vista Antivirus 2012 will display fake security warnings and impersonate Windows Security Center to make this scam look more realistic. It will also hijack your web browser and block antivirus and anti-spyware programs. Finally the rogue program will ask you to pay for a full version of the program to remove the non-existing infections. Don’t purchase it and remove Vista Antivirus 2012 from your computer upon detection.
Vista Antivirus 2012 protects itself quite effectively. It blocks legitimate security software and hijack web browsers. In some cases it blocks all programs, not only anti-virus or anti-spyware software. What is more, it will detect many of well known and reputable websites as harmful and display fake security alert stating that you may infect your PC if you open a particular website. And of course, it disables certain Windows functions such as Task Manager. It’s possible to remove it manually, but you have to re-enable those Windows functions at first. You may also download an automatic removal tool, but again have to fix some registry entries and terminate the main process of Vista Antivirus 2012 to be able to use malware removal tool. As you can see, Vista Antivirus 2012 is nothing more but a scam. If you have already purchased this rogue program then contact your credit card company and dispute the charges.
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Automatic Vista Antivirus 2012 removal:
Vista Antivirus 2012 manual removal:
Kill processes:
ppn.exe
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Delete registry values:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation “TLDUpdates” = ‘1’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe” -a “%1” %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe” -a “%1” %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe” -a “%1” %*’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe” -a “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”‘
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = ‘”%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe” -a “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -safe-mode’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = ‘”%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe” -a “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”‘
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “AntiVirusOverride” = ‘1’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirewallOverride” = ‘1’
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Delete files:
%AllUsersProfile%3F7PNVFNCSJK2E86ABFBJ5H %LOCALAPPDATA%\PPN.EXE %TEMP%3F7PNVFNCSJK2E86ABFBJ5H %LOCALAPPDATA%\U3F7PNVFNCSJK2E86ABFBJ5H %APPDATA%\TEMPLATES\U3F7PNVFNCSJK2E86ABFBJ5H
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