How to remove Personal Security

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Personal Security description

Personal Security is not the program that one should trust their system security with. Although it might look like a real thing, Personal Security is actually nothing but a fraud made to get money from the unsuspecting users. The trick is that PersonalSecurity performs fabricated system scans and displays security warnings just like the real security software and, of course, requires a purchase.

However, Personal Security is not able to provide any kind of security services as it is just a cheap imitation of a real computer protection tool. It is very important not to pay money for this malware and to remove it as soon as possible if it had been detected on one’s system.

Aliases: PersonalSecurity.XPA [Sunbelt], RogueAntiSpyware.PersonalSecurity [PCTools]

How to get rid of Personal Security

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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How to manually remove Personal Security

To get rid of spyware such as Personal Security you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Personal Security related files from your computer.

Take Note: The manual process of removing spyware from your computer is difficult and puts you at risk of damaging your computer. We advise using our automatic Personal Security remover.

1. Uninstall Personal Security from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these Personal Security processes:
   psecurity.exe
   To stop processes press Ctrl + Alt + Del or click Start > Run > type "taskmgr". Select malicious process in the list and click "End Process" button.
3. Unregister Personal Security DLL files:
   win32extension.dll
   To unregister DLL click Start > Run > type "regsvr32 /u PATH_TO_FILE/FILE.dll"
4. Delete Personal Security registry entries: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{35A5B43B-CB8A-49CA-A9F4-D3B308D2E3CC}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\5FFB10D58FFCF482208906E6A889FD56
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "PSecurity"
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\post platform "WinTSI 01.12.2009"
   To open registry editor click Start > Run > type "regedit".
   Warning! Manual registry entries editing may cause damage to your system.
   Download Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 to scan for registry errors.
5. Search and delete these Personal Security related files:
   c:\Program Files\PSecurity
   c:\Program Files\PSecurity\psecurity.exe
   c:\Program Files\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall
   c:\Program Files\Common Files\PSecurityUninstall\Uninstall.lnk
   c:\WINDOWS\system32\win32extension.dll
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Computer Scan.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Help.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Personal Security.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Registration.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Security Center.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Settings.lnk
   c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\PSecurity\Update.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PSecurity.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Desktop\Personal Security.lnk
   
6. Block Personal Security malicious domains:
   browsersecessentials.com
   protection-estore.com