XP Home Security 2012 is another rogue virus which presents itself as a legitimate antivirus or antispyware software. This malware offers massive system security services that it could not perform in real. All it wants is to force you to pay for its non-working virus removal options. “XP Home-Security 2012″ is a name changing rogue malware, a part of scam. Some of its clone viruses are known as Win 7 Security and Windows vista antivirus 2011.
XP-Home Security 2012 is a typical scamware that makes money for hackers from innocent people. It uses rogue tactics to trick users into buying its license. First of all it launches its fake system scanner utility each time infected computer is rebooted. Then it performs a fake scan and generates poor system security report telling user about numerous virus detections. It will keep displaying alerts and warnings on your screen until you remove this virus. It will also offer you to pay license fee for its full version so it`d remove viruses from your computer. Do not trust XP Home Security 2012 as it is a useless software. Remove it from your PC instead of purchasing its license.
If you are a victim of XP Home Security 2012 virus, you should immediately remove this bug from your machine. It is a dangerous threat for your system that may bring new malwares to your system, it may steel your personal information like credit card info and logins.
Stop XP Home Security 2012 processes:
[random name].exe
Delete XP Home Security 2012 registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exe “(Default)” = ‘exefile’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exe “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeDefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1′ = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data[random 3 letters].exe” /START “%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellopencommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellrunascommand “(Default)” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses.exeshellrunascommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefile “(Default)” = ‘Application’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefile “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefileDefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1′
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefileshellopencommand “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data.exe” /START “%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefileshellopencommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefileshellrunascommand “(Default)” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesexefileshellrunascommand “IsolatedCommand” – ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exeDefaultIcon “(Default)” = ‘%1′
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exeshellopencommand “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data.exe” /START “%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exeshellopencommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exeshellrunascommand “(Default)” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exeshellrunascommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefile “Content Type” = ‘application/x-msdownload’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellopencommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellrunascommand “IsolatedCommand” = ‘”%1″ %*’
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellopencommand “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data.exe” /START “%1″ %*’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClientsStartMenuInternetFIREFOX.EXEshellopencommand “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data.exe” /START “C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe”‘
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClientsStartMenuInternetFIREFOX.EXEshellsafemodecommand “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data.exe” /START “C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe” -safe-mode’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClientsStartMenuInternetIEXPLORE.EXEshellopencommand “(Default)” = ‘”%UserProfile%Local SettingsApplication Data.exe” /START “C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe”‘
Delete XP Home Security 2012 files:
%AllUsersProfile%t3e0ilfioi3684m2nt3ps2b6lru
%AppData%Local[random].exe
%AppData%Localt3e0ilfioi3684m2nt3ps2b6lru
%AppData%RoamingMicrosoftWindowsTemplatest3e0ilfioi3684m2nt3ps2b6lru
%Temp%t3e0ilfioi3684m2nt3ps2b6lru
Auto Removal
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