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Title: Personal Security
Type: Rogue Antispyware
Remove Personal Security. Removal instructions
Also known as: PersonalSecurity, PSecurity
Severity scale:
 (75 / 100)
 [Figure 1. Personal Security graphical user interface] Personal Security must be manually installed. Its distribution channels include e-mail, malicious or hacked Web pages, peer-to-peer networks and etc. The scammers also use social engineering to distribute Personal Security infection. Please note that Personal Security disguises itself and usually comes as flash player update/video codec or other supposedly useful software. You shouldn't install anything from suspicious websites. Otherwise, you can infect your PC with Personal Security or other malware. To make this scam look more realistic, Personal Security impersonates Windows Security Center. It states that your computer is not protected and that you should activate PersonalSecurity to ensure full system protection. As you may know, the legitimate one does not promote particular anti-virus software. That's the main difference. The rogue application displays the same infections on every computer randomly. If your computer is infected, you will likely see one of the following: Zlob.PornAdvertiser.ba, Trojan.BAT.Adduser.t, Spyware.IMMonitor, Win32.Rbot.fm, Infostealer.Banker.E, Spyware.IEMoster.d, Trojan.Tooso, Trojan.MailGrabber.s, Trojan.Alg.t, TrsutedAntivirus, SecurePCCleaner, Spyware.007SpySoftware, Spyware.KnownBadSites and etc. To make things even more complicated, Personal Security will hijack Internet Explorer and displays fake notifications [Figure 2] about possible threats or unsafe websites.  [Figure 2. Personal Security - fake IE warning] The fake warning states: This website has been reported as unsafe We strongly recommend to discontinue the use of this website. Register your computer's security software This website has been report to Microsoft for containing threats that might steal personal or financial information from your computer. However, that's not all. You will be also flooded will fake security alerts about serious security and privacy issues. Personal Security will displays a fake screen saver that looks like Blue Screen of Death window and stat that SPYWARE.MONSTER.FX_WILD_0x00000000 infection crashed your PC. More fake security alerts read: Spyware activity alert! Spyware.IEMonster is a popular spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Web browsers, e-mail clients and other programs, including login information from online banking sessions, billing pages, CC transactions, etc. It may also create special tracking files to log your activity and compromise your Internet privacy. It is strongly recommended to prevent this threat immediately. Click here to get protection against Spyware.IEMonster. Spyware activity alert! Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. It is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs, including logins and passwords from online banking sessions, eBay, PayPal. It may also create special tracking files to log your activity and compromise your Internet privacy. It's strongly recommended to remove this threat as soon as possible. Click here to remove Spyware.IEMonster. System files modification alert! Some critical system files of your computer were modified by malicious program. It may cause system instability and data loss. Click here to block unauthorized modification by removing threats (Recommended). If your computer is infected with Personal Security, please use the removal guide below or an automatic removal tool and remove Personal Security from the system manually for free. Do not purchase it! If you have already purchased it, contact your credit card company and dispute the charges. Last, but not least, run a full system scan with a legitimate anti-spyware application to remove the remains or additionally installed malware. Related files: psecurity.exe, uninstall.lnk, win32extension.dll, Computer Scan.lnk, help.lnk, Personal Security.lnk, registration.lnk, Settings.lnk, Update.lnk Personal Security properties: • Changes browser settings • Shows commercial adverts • Connects itself to the internet • Stays resident in background Automatic Personal Security removal: 
Tested and Confirmed! STOPzilla removes Personal Security (2009-12-02 00:46:34)
Tested and Confirmed! Malwarebytes Anti Malware removes Personal Security (2009-12-02 00:46:34)
We are testing Spyware Doctor's efficiency at removing Personal Security
(2011-12-08 07:04:03)
Personal Security manual removal:Kill processes:psecurity.exe Delete 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" Unregister DLLs: win32extension.dll Delete files: psecurity.exe Uninstall.lnk win32extension.dll Computer Scan.lnk Help.lnk Personal Security.lnk Registration.lnk Settings.lnk Update.lnk Delete directories: C:\Program Files\PSecurity C:\Program Files\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity 
Information added: 2009-12-02 00:46:34
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though i was not able to find of the file listed in the removal instruction....
But my pc worked fine after deleting all those files...
personal security is a scam these people are criminal and stupid.
Can the ISP such as AT&T, MSN, etc, filter out these pop-ups ?
"thank you so much for allll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you are very cool man
THANKS GUYS
For danish users on Windows XP:
C:programmerfælles filer: uninstall personalsec
It works
Very simple
I´m so grateful
MY COMPUTER>DISC C>PROGRAM FILES>COMMON FILES>UNISTALL PERSONALSEC and its done --
hard drive blocked
and how can i get my deskop items back??
I deleted all the files on the computer and the internet still doesn't work correctly. I have the same problem. Personal security is now uninstalled.
I would've died if it didnt work!
Because my mom gifted me this computer...Thank u people...
I scanned many times and everytime I started my computer security center returned :(((
Dont waste your time with either of them
C:Program FilesCommon FilesPSecurityUninstall
(unless PSecurity is still lurking inside my computer)
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That is the most important I needed to do
TY so much no more PersonalSecurity
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