Remove AV Secure 2012

What is AV Secure 2012?

AV Secure 2012 is a scam anti-virus client. It tells the users that they are infected with viruses but in reality the AV Security 2012 security client is the virus. This kind of virus is known as malware. AV Secure 2012 is a clone of several other similar threats out there. Only the name of the threat has changed to avoid detection. Some of it's past versions are AV security 2012, Cloud Protection, Av Guard Online, OpenCloud Security, OpenCloud Antivirus, BlueFlare Antivirus, Milestone Antivirus, Wireshark Antivirus, Sysinternals Antivirus, XJR Antivirus, AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro, Your PC Protector. Big list. I'm sure we are missing one or two of the clients that came out.

This AV Secure 2012 Removal Guide Contains

1. A Manual AV Secure 2012 Guide with plenty of Tips

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

 How Did I get infected with AV Secure 2012?

In a recent report given out by Microsoft. 44.8% of people infected with malware got it by installing it themselves. This does not mean the peron intentionally installed the threat. Most likely they thought they were installing a security update, video codec or video update. It's only after the user hits install that they realize they just installed a virus. You could of been infected buy a USB device, an autorun network or from a file infector. There really is no way for me to know as I was not there.

What is AV Secure 2012 Doing to My Computer Right Now?

AV Secure 2012 will block most executables from running. This means you may have trouble installing or running programs on your computer. The makers of this virus do this so it's harder for you to remove the virus threat. Very sneaky. The malware client will also re-direct your web searches and will most likely place a proxy setting on your web browser so you have trouble visiting websites. We have included a video below that walks you though removing a proxy in your browser and even resetting your browser. You can find out more or read the manual guide under the how to section of this webiste.

It's important to note that at this time we do not see this malware client stealing bank information or passwords and user names. Your e-mail, bank and social profiles should be ok. However you will need to run a full virus scan once you remove AV Secure 2012 to make sure you are not infected with anything else.

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What Do I Do To Remove AV Secure 2012?

This guide will cover three main options to help you remove AV Secure 2012. The how to remove AV Secure 2012 manual guide provides you a manual way to remove this threat. It's tried and true and should work for you. If you have issues just post your questions and we will do our best to help you out. Just be sure to include the information required at the bottom of this page. We also recommend a anti-virus client for you to use. We like Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. You may need to boot into safe mode with networking to download and install the client. If you do not know how you can learn how to boot into safe mode under the How To Guides section. The last option we talk about is having an expert remote into your computer and remove this virus for you. This is the option I recommend to every non savy computer user. It's cheap, quick and get the job done right the first time around.

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Online AV Secure 2012 Removal Service

Remove Proxy Setting so You Can Connect to the Internet Again. Some need this some do not.

AV Secure 2012 Manual Removal Procedures

We need to first kill off the main .exe file that is causing AV Secure 2012 to run.

• AV Secure 2012.exe ( It will not be called this. This is an example) You are basically looking for a file that is shown in the path laid out below. If you boot into safe mode you should be able to just delete this file. It will be a random file like 4536f942.exe. The file name will make no logical sense.

Know File Path Locations

XP

• C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\

  C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\ApplicationData\Local\Temp\

Vista / Windows 7: One of the below

• c:\users\[username]\AppData\local\
• C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Temp\
• C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\

To Stop this process you can

A. Browse to each of the file location above and locate the .exe file. you may need to show hidden files and folders. Once you are in the folder you can sort the files by date. You may need to change the view in order to have this option. Sorting files by date will eliminate all but a small handful of files. From there it should be rather easy to determine which file is the virus. You can now right click on the file and re-name it. After that you will have to re-boot your computer. You can not delete a file while it is in use. After you re-boot the virus threat should not be loading.

B.  Boot into Safe Mode and delete the file as shown above.

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 4 seconds to locate the file before the Task Manager will close.

D:  Log-into another users account and see if you can delete the file. If no other admin account exists you may be able to create one and log in that way. HINT: You can also download and install Spyware Doctor with Antivirus from another account and run the full virus scan to help you locate the virus threat.

E:  Start the Task Manager the very second you login and terminate the process that way.

F: If you boot into safe mode with networking you should be able to install an antivirus client and run a full virus scan to locate the location of the virus. Spyware Doctor with Antivirus will be able to find this virus threat in the free trial. However it does not remove threats unless you were to purchase the software. With that being said you can still use it to help locate the virus location as the scan results do show the location of the virus threat.

The next step in AV Secure 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. The above kind of already covered this.

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 Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV Secure 2012\AV Secure 2012.exe %

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV Secure 2012\AV Secure 2012.ico %

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV Secure 2012\sysl32.dll %AppData%\AV Secure 2012\wf.conf

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV Secure 2012\%UserProfile%\Desktop\AV Secure 2012.lnk

Vista / Windows 7:

• %AppData%\AV Secure 2012\AV Secure 2012.exe %

• AppData%\AV Secure 2012\AV Secure 2012.ico %

• AppData%\AV Secure 2012\sysl32.dll %AppData%\AV Secure 2012\wf.conf

• %UserProfile%\Desktop\AV Secure 2012.lnk %

• StartMenu%\Programs\AV Secure 2012\AV Secure 2012.lnk

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. I personally use Spyware Doctor with Antivirus

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AV Secure 2012 Registry Removal Procedures

Editing the Windows Registry is not recommended for most users. One little slip and you can kiss your operating system good by. It's better to just let antivirus software repair and edit the registry. You may also want to consider using the PC Health Advisor Trial Here to clean out the registry and scan for other malware. Their are added benefits to useing a registry cleaner beside cleaning out virus entries.

Here are the registry traces for your reference only. Please help update these traces by posting a comment below

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19090308-636D-4e9b-A1CE-A647B6F794BF}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{19090308-636D-4e9b-A1CE-A647B6F794BF}

AV Secure 2012 Directories:

XP

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AV Secure 2012

Windows 7 / Windows Vista

• %AppData%\AV Secure 2012
  %StartMenu%\Programs\AV Secure 2012

Conclusion

This virus threat is not as bad as many out there. The hardest thing is finding the executable you need to delete. Once that is down it get's very simple to clean up the threat. In almost all cases of infection with malware the end user was not using a good anti-virus client. I love free clients as much as the next person but most do not have the latest virus defenitions and many don't evne provide up front protection to block the virus from installing. Having a paid client goes a long ways in protecting your computer so you never get infected again.

If you require advanced help or just want an expert to remove the virus than use this computer repair service. The charge is under a hundred bucks and they can often get started right away. These are real experts when it comes to malware and virus removal.

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