Remove Security Scanner

What is Security Scanner?

Security Scanner is one of the nastier malware clients to hit the market as of late. This is a clone of Security Shield, Security Shield 2011, Security Tool, System Tool and a few others. If the past variants are any indication that means this virus threat will be around for a long while and will most likely infect millions of computers over the next year or so. It's a bad one.

How Did I Get infected with Security Scanner?

In most cases people get infected with Security Scanner from a drive by download or from installing the virus thinking it was something else like a software update. I tested Spyware Doctor with Antivirus against this client and it blocked the install of it and also detects the virus. Not surprised as it is the antivirus client we have been recommending for years.

What is Security Scanner Doing to My Computer Right Now?

The good news out of this is this virus threat does not seem to do any harm to files on the computer at this time. Of course these threats change over time and it always could. Not likely but it's been known to happen. From our testing of this client your internet will most likely be blocked and you will have to remove the proxy settings of your browser to get back online again.

You social profiles and banking info all seem to be perfectly safe. This client is simply trying to make you purchase the software and making no effort to steal credit card information or any of those other things.

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Our guide teaches you how to remove Security Scanner. Security Scanner removal is not all that hard. The biggest hurdle is killing off the main executable. We can help you with that. If you need advanced help we also provide information on a great remote computer repair company and as always recommend Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.

How to remove Security Scanner: Automatic Removal

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Security Scanner: Manual Removal procedure

The main focus of your efforts need to be to kill off a single running process on the computer. Once you stop this 1 single file from running you will of gained back control of the computer!!!!

Step 1. Locate a randomly named file on your computer. Easier then it sounds. The file will be named absolute gibberish and make not sense. Something like 43dger53.exe or fgjkdfj45l2.exe. It will be hog wash.

Here is the directories we know of were this threat will most likely be. Pick your OS and follow the path.

For Windows XP

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Unique File Trace\
• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\

For Windows Vista / Windows 7

• C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Unique File Trace\
• C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\

The above folders is where this threat seems to normally hide. A great way to help locate the threat is to browse to one of the above folders for your operating system. (Keep in mind the Application Data and App Data Folders are hidden. See Show Hidden Files and Folders for more info on this).

How to Find the File

A. Browse to the location above and sort all the files by date. There should only be 1 or two files with the date of your infection. From there re-name the file by right clicking on it and selecting re-name. You can NOT delete a file while it is in use. After you re-name it then re-boot your computer and it should be back to normal. No find that virus file you re-named and delete it. Then run a full virus scan using Spyware Doctor with Antivirus to ensure you are not infected with anything else.

B. The second you log into your computer hold down ctrl+shift+esc. This will bring up the Task Manager. It may not work for some people but others it will. No go to the processes tab and sort ny file name. Now go through the list and try to find an oddly named file. There may be a few but you are looking for the one that is really out of place. Once you find it you can right click on the file and select open folder location. Then terminate the running process. If you found the correct one then the fake Security Scanner virus should no longer be running. Now you can just delete the file.

C. Log into another users account that has admin access. Normally this account is not affected by the virus. You should be able to browse to one of the above paths shown and then sort by file names and pick the virus threat and hit the delete button.

D. Boot into Safe Mode with Networking. Connect to the internet and download Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. Run a full virus scan. SDA will find the virus threat and tell you the files name and location. From there you can manually delete the virus. Take note that the free trail of Spyware Doctor with Antivirus will find threats but it's a limited free trial so it will not remove threats. Still it's needed to ensure you have no other viruses on the computer so you need to run the scan. If you do not have an good antivirus client (YOU DON'T if you got infected with Security Scanner and it did not block the install, Then consider making a purchase.)

If you run into issues you should download and install Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. You May need to be in safe mode with networking to install it. (See how to boot into safe mode)

After the traces are removed, Security Scanner should no longer be running in the machine. So now it is time to run a complete virus scan for your machine for which you can use Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. This should find out if you have cleaned all the Security Scanner traces and whether any other threat is still available in the computer.Now in case the removal procedure looks too complicated for you, we recommend you to go to www.pcninja.com, to get expert help. They take care of things like these professionally and will cost you very little.

Security Scanner Registry Removal Procedures

I used to provide instructions on editing the system registry. You are better off not going in there. If you know what you are doing then I should not have to tell you how to hunt down virus traces in there. You are better served just using a decent antivirus client to find any left over traces or by using a malware client like PC Health Advisor.

Conclusion

This threat can be very stubborn and hard to remove for many people. If you need expert help we recommend www.pcninja.com. This remote computer repair company can remote into your PC and fully remove the virus. They are experts and I have been recommending them out for 4-5 years now. If you are looking for a good antivirus client I recommend you go with Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. It simply works and will help you in removing this virus threat. Chances are you may need to boot into safe mode with networking to install it if the virus is still running.

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