Remove Win 7 Home Security 2012. Description and removal instructions
Title: Win 7 Home Security 2012 | Also known as: Win7 Home Security 2012 | |
Type: Spyware |
Severity scale: (65 / 100) |
Win 7 Home Security 2012 is a fake anti-spyware program that is promoted through the use of Trojans, browser hijackers and other similar malware. When your computer is infected with this bogus software, you will see many fake security alerts and notifications stating that your computer is infected. While running, Win 7 Home Security 2012 will supposedly scan your computer and display a variety of infections that won’t be removed unless you first purchase the program. The scan results are false, you can safely ignore them. The same could be said about fake system security alerts, you should ignore them too.
To make things even worse, Win 7 Home Security 2012 will hijack Internet Explorer so that you will be constantly redirected to various misleading websites that promote malicious software or display misleading online ads. The rogue application will also block security related websites and antivirus software to protect itself form being deleted. As you can see, program is nothing more but a scam. Please use the removal guide below to remove Win 7 Home Security 2012 from your PC as soon as possible.
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Automatic Win 7 Home Security 2012 removal:
Win 7 Home Security 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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