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Remove Win 7 Antivirus 2012. Description and removal instructions
| Title: Win 7 Antivirus 2012 | Also known as: Win7 Antivirus 2012, Win7Antivirus2012 | |
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Type: Spyware |
Severity scale: (65 / 100) |
Win 7 Antivirus 2012 is yet another rogue anti-spyware program. It’s distributed through the use of Trojans just like all the other rogue programs out there. Trojans may come from fake online scanners, infected or malicious video sites. The scammers also distribute their bogus software on the biggest social networks.
As a typical rogue program, Win 7 Antivirus 2012 reports false system security threats and displays fake security alerts to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected with malicious software. Then it will ask you to pay for a full version of the program to remove the infections. The scan results are false and the reported infections don’t actually exist. Don’t pay for this bogus software and uninstall it form your computer upon detection. Once running, Win 7 Antivirus 2012 will also block legitimate and well known anti-virus and anti-spyware programs to protect itself from being removed. To make things worse, it will probably block task manager and registry editor as these tools are very helpful when removing Win 7 Antivirus 2012 virus. You will have to complete several additional steps to make your PC work again. Please follow the removal instructions below to remove Win 7 Antivirus 2012 infection from your computer completely.
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Automatic Win 7 Antivirus 2012 removal:
Win 7 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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