Sunday, June 19, 2011

Security Center 2012 removal (manual guide)

Security Center 2012 or Microsoft Security Center 2012 is a smart counterfeit. It typically does not rush into scaring users with unlikely number of threats detected, for nowadays users, in their majority, are less credulous than before and are quite suspicious to new-coming programs.  That is why the program also endeavors to make an illusion of adhering installation procedure, though, in the wild, in most of the cases it enters computer system via backdoor and finds a flaw for installation without user’s consent. Therefore, to attach a quality of legacy to its installation, the program generates an installation dialog whenever it is possible (it  is not possible under several system configurations).
Finally, most of the users give up and download and install the counterfeit, and only few of them revolt into looking for Security Center 2012 remover already on that stage.
Fortunately the adware is indeed quite moderate. Yes, it is destructive and annoying, but it increases the intensity of its impact by degrees. That is, you still have some time after its introduction is complete to prepare its installation, but experts would not advise you lingering anyway. Click here to let free scanner prepare the adware extermination as a part of total system cleanup.

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Security Center 2012 removal info (manual guide):
Delete Security Center 2012 folders, dll's and files:
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Microsoft Security Center 2012.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Security Center 2012.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\mSsecuritycenter.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\PIS.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\sqlite3.dll
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\unins000.dat
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\PISSys\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\Quarantine Items\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\7377.mof
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\80e9877130a15854a99bf6dd8d368239.ocx
%UserProfile%\Application Data\b371\mozcrt19.dll
%UserProfile%\Application Data\PIKKS\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\PIKKS\PIQBS.cfg
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Microsoft Security Center 2012.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft Security Center 2012\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft Security Center 2012\cookies.sqlite
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Microsoft Security Center 2012.lnk

 Delete infected registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PersonalIS2011.DocHostUIHandler
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyServer” = “http=127.0.0.1:25401″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “UID” = “7″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform “88780570603″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Personal Internet Security 2012″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = “no”

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