Title: LinkSafeness

Type: Rogue Antispyware

Remove LinkSafeness. Removal instructions

Also known as: Link Safeness

Severity scale:

(70 / 100)

LinkSafeness is a misleading anti-spyware application that reports false or exaggerated system security threats/infections and constantly displays fake security alerts to trick you into thinking that your computer is infected with malware. This application is from the same family (WiniSoft) as AntiAID rogue. Once installed, Link Safeness will perform several fake system scans and list a variety of infections or potentially dangerous files. However, it won't remove those infections unless you purchase this bogus application. We strongly recommend you not to do so. Instead, you should uninstall LinkSafeness from your computer upon detection.

[Figure 1. LinkSafeness graphical user interface]

Usually, LinkSafeness is promoted through the use of Trojan viruses. Trojans are mostly distributed via fake online scanners, misleading websites and using social engineering. Once active, Trojan virus downloads rogue files and displays fake security alerts stating that your computer is infected or under attack by an Internet virus. LinkSafeness has its home page too - linksafeness.com. This websites is not very dangerous, however you shouldn't visit it anyway. Note that it promotes entirely different product called Virus Protector [Figure 2]. Linksafeness.com is full of fake reviews, false information that's why it should be added to the list of potentially harmful websites.

[Figure 2. Linksafeness.com - the home page of LinkSafeness]

When running, LinkSafeness will flood your computer with fake security alert and notifications from Windows task bar. The fake alerts state:

Spyware Alert!
Your computer is infected with spyware. It could damage your critical files or expose your private data on the Internet. Click here to register your copy of LinkSafeness and remove remove spyware threats from your PC.

Then the rogue will impersonate Windows Security Center and claim that you should activate LinkSafeness in order to ensure full system protection [Figure 3].

[Figure 3. LinkSafeness - fake Windows Security Center]

Last, but not least, LinkSafeness will modify Windows Hosts files, disable anti-virus software and block security related websites to protect itself from being deleted. It can disable Task Manager, Registry Editor and System Restore too. It should be already obvious that Link Safeness is nothing more but a scam. Please so not purchase it. If your PC is already infected, use the removal guide below to remove LinkSafeness from your computer manually for free. Then make to perform full system scan with a legitimate anti-spyware application and remove the remains or additionally installed malware. If you have already purchased it, please contact your credit card company as soon as possible and dispute the charges.

Related files: LinkSafeness.exe, Uninstall.exe, [RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe, 10955mqa59m1.exe, 10915zbot9z5.exe, [RANDOM CHARACTERS].ocx, 10796bot9d-virza5f9.ocx, f5mld9az.exe, LinkSafeness.lnk, 1 LinkSafeness.lnk, 2 Homepage.lnk, 3 Uninstall.lnk

LinkSafeness properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

Automatic LinkSafeness removal:

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Manual assistance required means that one or all of removers were unable to remove parasite without some manual intervention, please read manul removal instructions below.

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LinkSafeness manual removal:

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Kill processes:
LinkSafeness.exe [RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe 10955mqa59m1.exe 10915zbot9z5.exe f5mld9az.exe uninstall.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LinkSafeness
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LinkSafeness
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\LinkSafeness
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "LinkSafeness"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "f5mld9az.exe"

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
LinkSafeness.exe uninstall.exe [RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe 10955mqa59m1.exe 10915zbot9z5.exe [RANDOM CHARACTERS].ocx 10796bot9d-virza5f9.ocx f5mld9az.exe LinkSafeness.lnk 1 LinkSafeness.lnk 2 Homepage.lnk 3 Uninstall.lnk

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\LinkSafeness Software
C:\Program Files\LinkSafeness Software\LinkSafeness
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\LinkSafeness
%Temp%\

Information added: 2009-11-16 06:00:19
Information updated: 2009-11-16 06:13:46

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