Remove Security Monitor 2012

What is Security Monitor 2012?

Security Monitor 2012 is not a real antivirus client. The product is a scam. This type of virus is known as malware. What it will do is show false virus infections and warnings telling the computer user they they are infected with a milltion virurses and that they need to purchase Security Monitor 2012 in order to remove them. Nothing could be further from the truth. This client is the virus. This is nothing new. In facet Security Monitor 2012 is from a long family of related threats including Security Solution 2011, Antivirus Antispyware 2011, AntiVirus System 2011, Security Inspector 2010, AntiVirus Studio 2010, Desktop Security 2010, Total PC Defender 2010 and on and on.

This Security Monitor 2012 Removal Guide Contains

1. A Manual Security Monitor 2012 Guide with plenty of Tips

2. A Video showing you how to Re-set Your Web browser

 How Did I get infected with Security Monitor 2012?

Close to 42% of all malware infections like Security Monitor 2012 take user intervention. Often times the person is tricked into install the virus. This could be from clicking on an e-mail attachment or by the user installing an update or video software, not realizing they are really installing a virus. Plenty of times people get infected from doing nothing but visiting a web page that is malisious or hacked. Information can be sent to force the install onto the computer. This is almost always preventable with anti-virus software. Paid clients cost money for a reason. They provide up front protection as well as the latest security updates. Most free clients do not provide both and that is why your computer probably got infected.

What is Security Monitor 2012 Doing to My Computer Right Now?

Besides the false warnings the program gives off, it's really not doing much harm to files on your system. It will block .exe programs from running. You may find it hard to bring up the Task Manager or even install a real security client. It is not at this time stealing passwords or banking information. However there is no way for removevirus.org to tell if you are infected with any other viruses that may be attempting to do this. The only way to know is for you to scan your computer with a reputable anti-virus client to see. RV does recommend Spyware Doctor with Antivirus

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What Do I Do To Remove Security Monitor 2012?

There are three ways to remove Security Monitor 2012. We cover all those ways. The most time consuming is doing it yourself. This is the main purpose of RemoveVirus.org. To teach you how to remove Security Monitor 2012 as well as other threats manually. You may need to use a combination of our guide and anti-virus software to fully remove Security Monitor 2012.

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Security Monitor 2012 Removal Video for Windows 7 and Vista. Works for XP as well but you will need to use the manual guide to locate the file paths.

Security Monitor 2012 Manual Removal Procedures

If you can not run .exe programs you should first run this Fix exe associations for windows 7 file. This program is shown in the video above and will restore the .exe associations.

You need to first stop and kill off the main executable program that is running this malware.

• Security Monittor 2012.exe ( Expect this to change and for the file to be named different. It's most likely a random file name like 2534gfj546.exe)

Know File Path Locations

XP

• c:Documents and SettingsAll Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\

Vista / Windows 7: One of the below

• c:\users\[username]\AppData\local\

To Stop this process you can

A. Re-name the file. This is done by you browsing to the directory name and re-naming the file. Above we show the known file paths for this threat. You may also be able to boot into safe mode with networking and install the Spyware Doctor with Antivirus client, update it and run the scan. While the free trial does not remove threats the scan should let you know exactly were the file is at and you can either re-name it or delete it. Keep in mind you can not remove a file while it is running. If the virus is running you will only be able to re-name it. After that re-boot your computer and you should be able to remove it.

B.  Boot into Safe Mode and delete the file. Same as the above but only the process should not be running so you can just delete it.

C:  Use the Task Manager  to find the location of the file and re-name it then delete after re-boot. Most people will have this disabled and not working. However some users can use it the very second you log into the operating system. You have about 10 seconds to locate the file before the Task Manager will close. Once you find the file in the Task Manager you can right click it and open file location. I would also terminate it there as well.

D:  Log-into another users account and see if you can delete the file. You can also create a new admin account if no other accounts exist.

The next step in Security Monitor 2012 removal is to delete the following file. You NEED to re-boot your computer first if you re-named the file as you can not remove a file that is running.

If you are unable to find the Executable you need to delete then you should boot into safe mode with Networking and install the Spyware Doctor with Antivirus Client and run a full scan.

KNOWN LOCATIONS OF THIS VIRUS

XP

• c:Documents and SettingsAll Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\

Vista / Windows 7:

• c:\users\[username]\AppData\local\

Be sure to run a full virus scan once you are done. This ensures you have gotten all the virus traces and that you have no other malware on your computer.

If you find this threat too hard to remove yourself and need an expert we recommend this remote computer repair. They charge far less than others and are great at what they do.

Security Monitor 2012 Registry Removal Procedures

We used to show registry entries and still have a guide in the how to section covering editing the registry. More harm then good can come out of this. Once you kill off the executable of the virus you most likely do not need to make many registry changes. If you want to remove any corrupt registry entries consider just using a anti-virus client to find any traces and remove it with that. If you are interested in cleaning the registry fully of not only posible virus traces but other errors we recommend you use PC Health Advisor. They have a free trial that will show you all your registry keys. Also a nice simple malware scanner and a few other very nice features.

Security Monitor 2012 Directories:

XP

• c:Documents and SettingsAll Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\

Windows 7 / Windows Vista

• %AppData%\Security Monitor 2012
  %StartMenu%\Programs\Security Monitor 2012

Conclusion

Security Monitor 2012 is a pain in the butt, however it's not the end of the world. Once you are able to terminate the main .exe you are just abou home free. That should be your focus. Be sure to scan your computer with an anti-virus program to ensure you have no other infections. RV does recommned that users purchase an anti-virus client so they don't get infected again. The best defense is a good offence and in todays world free AV clients just don't cut it. As mentioned before we like Spyware Doctor with Antivirus and if you have troubles removing this virus from your computer and need a true expert we recommend PC Ninja

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