Personal Security Removal – How To Remove Personal Security

Personal Security is an updated version of Cyber Security, the notorious rogue antivirus tool that infects your PC automatically. This new rogue software tool installs itself on your computer, and proceeds to “pretend” to scan your system for viruses. It will then bring back a lot of fake results, and persuade you to buy the program, making the hackers who produced the tool an unhonest profit.

Personal Security – Rogue Antivirus

How To Remove Security Central

Step 1 – Download & Install Malaware Bytes

Malware Bytes is a free spyware & malware removal tool.  You need to install it on your PC and then let it scan your system. If you don’t have access to the Internet (because Security Central blocked it) then you should download this tool on another PC and then transfer the installation file via CD or USB pen.

Using this tool is very simple. You need to select the type of scan you want to perform and then press “Scan” to get the tool to do the task. This will send Malware Bytes through your system and it will identify all the infected files, removing them for you. This automated tool is the best way to remove the infection because it gets 95% of it.

Step 2 – Clean Out The Registry

Although Malware Bytes is very effective at removing the actual infection from your PC, it does not finish the job properly… and ends up leaving a series of settings on your PC. These are kept in the ‘registry’ database and can actually allow the infection back onto your PC. In order to fully protect yourself, it is recommended that you download a registry cleaner and then use it to remove any of the infected ‘Security Central’ registry keys that can still cause problems. This tool is automated and is very easy to use.

What This Removal Process Does:

Kills Processes

• psecurity.exe

You should open up the “Task Manager” by clicking CTRL + ALT + DEL and then click on the “Processes” tab. This will then display a list of running processes, where you should then be able to find the listed files above. Click on each one and then click on the “End Process” button to stop the program from running. You can see an example of how that works below:

STEP 2 – Removes Directories

• C:\Program Files\PSecurity
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity

These directories store the files that make Internet Security work. This means that you just need to go into “My Computer”, find the above directories, select them with your mouse and press SHIFT + DELETE. This will permanently remove them from your PC, preventing the program from loading up ever again.

STEP 3 – Unregisters DLLs

• win32extension.dll

You can see how to Unregistry DLLs here

STEP 4 – Clean The Registry (Highly Recommended)

In order to prevent Personal Security coming back on your PC, you need to remove all the registry entries it has entered. This important, because many people leave these intact and end up having the problem come back again. Registry entries store the settings and options for the program, and by using a registry cleaner, you can remove them all and get your computer fit and healthy again. This is highly recommended.