Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Remove XP Internet Security 2012 | Wndows 7 | Windows Vista

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Applications has come is may shapes and forms, some have proven very handy and useful for the normal [Non IT person] to have his problem resolved, but yes there are huge lists of application which has always been a trouble and problem for end user.

Latest threat that came into my machine early morning was, i was not allowed to open Internet explorer everything was blocked from the backend because of the application that has hideously installed itself from some resource without my knowledge, so being a techy person i had to deal with the brat minds.

I felt like i had to reload everything or Re-Image the whole laptop and it was time consuming, tried searching over the search engines and then started working on the spyware removing manually.

So the fake application was not there on the control panel so that i can remove it, it was not letting me install any new applications, nor open applications, everytime getting the same message Privacy Threat on intrusion detected.

As this application comes with lot of flavours:


XP Security 2012
XP Internet Security 2012
XP Antivirus 2012
XP Antispyware 2012
XP Home Security 2012


or

XP Internet Security 2011 [Older version]


Error Message:

Privacy threat:

Spyware intrusion detected. Your System is infected. System integrity is at risk. Private data can be stolen by third Parties, including credit card details and password. Click here to perform a security repair.



Myself received pop with Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen detected., so simply thought of scanning the machine with the malwarebytes / superantispyware, alas it was locked out as well.


As i have already told you about the fake application which locks you out totally and you'll feel like to either have it reimaged or call a Tech to have it done,

When you try to access Internet explorer:  You'll receive XP Internet Security 2012 Alert, and you can go beyond that or try opening google.com it never works.

When you goto Security center you'll find your Firewall turned off, Virus protection turned off, It is just promoting the advertisement and giving you a type of feel that without this application you can never work with your PC, but it is another fake application on the Globe.

So what this application wants, it wants you to activate it and reap some cash from your end to get this activated., instead of buying this crap application you can work on removing it.

Removal:

Simple and easy way: Activate the software and then scan the PC with ease.

There was a license key that works on most of the flavours of XP XP Internet Security 2012, Antispyware 2012, XP Security 2012, XP Home Security 2012, XP Antivirus 2012 : - 3425-814615-3990 [ Working Currently]

 Old Activation Code: - 2233-298080-3424

1147-175591-6550 or 2233-298080-3424 or 3425-814615-3990

You can register this software manually and then have this activated.

Once you have activated, your machine will get a new life., so now we can start the removal process.

Easiest way to remove:

Download malwarebytes / superantispyware [ has some issues with Registry, note suggested to use in this case] to have this removed, you'll have to run the full scan and heal it.

Unhide the hidden files from the machine:

Open a Window, from the Menu bar, goto Tools -> Folders Options -> View, below is the window after making changes apply the same.
























Step 1:

Go into For XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\ folder.

Example: C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Local Settings\Application Data\

Go into for Windows 7/ Vista:  C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\

Step 2:

Rename the file that is already there, in my case it is elh.exe [ jmi.exe] so i have renamed it to virus.exe so that it can be fixed using malwarebytes scan.


Once more important step is to stop the service from Process of the same .exe that we found earlier in the Application Data Folder.


Step 3:

Installation of Fix and later scan the PC with malwarebytes:

But you cannot go beyond if you are trying to download this files for the first time, even if you tried installing this using Run As Admin, still you'll not get the installation window this is properly analyzed issue, so only work around is to use the fix for the registry, as running or executing of .exe file has been blocked by the Spyware that has installed on your PC, to make this work so that we can have this Malwarebytes / Superantispyware installed we must run the fix

Example: -  When i tried opening the notepad, it seems like it was not there on the machine at all, same is the case for all the .exe files in the PC, so must run the below fix to have the .exe back and running.



Download and install the .reg file inside the .zip. This will reset the registry setting that the infection has modified, below are the machine specific Registry to set them to default settings.
  • Adding the Fix for Running EXE which was blocked earlier for XP - Download: xp_exe_fix.reg
  • Adding the Fix for Running EXE which was blocked earlier for Win 7- Download: win7_exe_fix.reg
  • Adding the Fix for Running EXE which was blocked earlier for Vista - Download: vista_exe_fix.reg

You can use Windows Explorer to locate and delete the file(s). %LocalAppData%\[3-random charcter].exe
example: %LocalAppData%\tea.exe OR %LocalAppData%\yoi.exe


Now  you can have the application Malwarebytes which is what i have used, it has been installed after the fix and has started catching the files of XP Security 2012.

Screenshot:



Extra Steps if you want to got for: [ But not suggest if you don't have much idea about regstry]

XP Security 2012 manual removal:


Kill processes:
ppn.exe, kdn.exe and similar, three or more letter randomly named , processes


Ultimately:

This is a fake application which blocks .exe, blocks the access from iexplore and fire fox.,

Screenshot:




Delete registry values: [XP] not tested with Windows 7 / Vista

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation "TLDUpdates" = '1'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe" -a "%1" %*'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe" -a "%1" %*'
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe" -a "%1" %*'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe" -a "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = '"%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe" -a "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%LocalAppData%\kdn.exe" -a "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AntiVirusOverride" = '1'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "FirewallOverride" = '1'

Delete files:
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\u3f7pnvfncsjk2e86abfbj5h %AppData%\kdn.exe %LocalAppData%\u3f7pnvfncsjk2e86abfbj5h %Temp%\u3f7pnvfncsjk2e86abfbj5h %UserProfile%\Templates\u3f7pnvfncsjk2e86abfbj5h %LocalAppData%\[random characters].exe

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