System Security and Other Malware Removal

This post was written by cotojo on July 29, 2009
Posted Under: Fake Software,Malware Removal,PC Security

System Security and other malicious rogue programs have caused havoc for many users. Many download rootkits and disable antivirus and antimalware programs and also block users from connecting to sites to download updates or removal programs.

Previously, it was a case of renaming security programs exe files and in some cases this worked well. However, there is now an easier solution to removing these rogue applications and their associated rootkits.

Firstly, download Process Explorer from SysInternals, the link is at the end of this article, it is also a live link which will give you an instant download, be sure to save it to your Desktop.

Once downloaded, right-click and rename the file to explorer.exe then double click to run it. It is much like Task Manager, but you also have visual icons in the left pane. Scroll through them and for System Security it will show a shield and a series of random numbers, other rogue programs will have an icon and either a name or rundll beside them.

Click on the line on which the rogue is located and then click the red X at the top of the window to kill the process, click Yes on the popup window.

Then download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and install and update, then perform a quick scan and remove ALL infections that it finds. You will then be prompted to reboot to clear any locked files, so reboot and your computer should be clean.

Another useful program which will clean your Hosts and also clean an infected system is Norman Malware Cleaner -- link below.This program will kill running processes that are infected, remove infections from disk, reveal and remove rootkits, restore correct registry values, remove references created by malware in hosts file and remove windows firewall rules for malicious programs.

Click here to download: Process Explorer from sysinternals
Click here to download: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Click here to download: Norman Malware Cleaner
Click here for information on TDSS, TDSServ and other rootkits

Please note that Advanced System Protector from Systweak is NOT a rogue program, although there is a version which is identical and downloads under the name of AntiSpyware, which will find non-existent problems and is infected withW32/Downloader.C.gen!Eldorado which is a Backdoor Trojan.

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