Manually Remove Personal Security Virus

Personal Security is a fake antivirus program. It reports false scan results and displays fake security alerts to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected. Please follow removal steps provided below and remove Personal Security from your computer as soon as possible.

Steps

  1. Open Task Manager and terminate Personal Security process.
    • psecurity.exe
  2. Delete the following directories:
    • C:\Program Files\PSecurity
    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall
    • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity
  3. Open Windows Registry Editor and delete these registry values:
    • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{35A5B43B-CB8A-49CA-A9F4-D3B308D2E3CC}
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\5FFB10D58FFCF482208906E6A889FD56
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "PSecurity"
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\post platform "WinTSI 01.12.2009" (the file is called WinTSI and the numbers afterwards is the date in which Personal security was installed)
  4. Download legitimate anti-spyware software and remove the remains.
    • If you can't delete files normally try to go into windows safe mode with DOS, type in explorer after the C prompt and then you should be able to delete files and follow instructions above.



Tips

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