Personal Security virus - is there any cure?

Have you tried googling for the solution? You probably need a real guru.

"Jim" wrote in message

:A friend of mine has gotten infected with the "Personal Security"
: virus, that is, no matter what icons or programs you try to start it
: will not allow you to run any programs.
:
: I got this thing about a month ago, and was able to restore my
: computer with my weekly backup, but my friend running XP cannot
: get the restore to work. I think he had a few people look at it
: but don't think any are gurus or such.
:
: Is there anything he can do to try to salvage his computer?
:
: Thanks,
:
: Jim
:
:
:
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure? 

Jim wrote:
> A friend of mine has gotten infected with the "Personal Security"
> virus, that is, no matter what icons or programs you try to start it
> will not allow you to run any programs.
>
> I got this thing about a month ago, and was able to restore my
> computer with my weekly backup, but my friend running XP cannot
> get the restore to work. I think he had a few people look at it
> but don't think any are gurus or such.
>
> Is there anything he can do to try to salvage his computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>

Try here, Jim:
Remove Personal Security (Uninstall Guide)
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-personal-security



MowGreen
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Never Forgotten
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banthecheck.com
"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure? 

Thank you, it worked.

By his going into the task manager and disabling the Personal Security
..exe file, he was able to go to RESTORE and restore the machine to
a few weeks prior.

Thanks for the help,

Jim




On Thu, 13 May 2010 12:12:35 -0700, MowGreen
wrote:

>
>Jim wrote:
>> A friend of mine has gotten infected with the "Personal Security"
>> virus, that is, no matter what icons or programs you try to start it
>> will not allow you to run any programs.
>>
>> I got this thing about a month ago, and was able to restore my
>> computer with my weekly backup, but my friend running XP cannot
>> get the restore to work. I think he had a few people look at it
>> but don't think any are gurus or such.
>>
>> Is there anything he can do to try to salvage his computer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>
>Try here, Jim:
>Remove Personal Security (Uninstall Guide)
>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-personal-security
>
>
>
>MowGreen
>================
> *-343-* FDNY
>Never Forgotten
>================
>
>banthecheck.com
>"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure? 

System Restore is not the way to remove an infection, even though it may
appear to be working. Also, by restoring "to a few weeks prior" the
computer may now have an unstable combination of old and new system files.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Jim wrote:
> Thank you, it worked.
>
> By his going into the task manager and disabling the Personal Security
> .exe file, he was able to go to RESTORE and restore the machine to
> a few weeks prior.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 13 May 2010 12:12:35 -0700, MowGreen
> wrote:
>
>> Jim wrote:
>>> A friend of mine has gotten infected with the "Personal Security"
>>> virus, that is, no matter what icons or programs you try to start it
>>> will not allow you to run any programs.
>>>
>>> I got this thing about a month ago, and was able to restore my
>>> computer with my weekly backup, but my friend running XP cannot
>>> get the restore to work. I think he had a few people look at it
>>> but don't think any are gurus or such.
>>>
>>> Is there anything he can do to try to salvage his computer?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>> Try here, Jim:
>> Remove Personal Security (Uninstall Guide)
>> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-personal-security
>>
>>
>>
>> MowGreen
>> ================
>> *-343-* FDNY
>> Never Forgotten
>> ================
>>
>> banthecheck.com
>> "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
>
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure? 

Leonard Grey wrote:
> System Restore is not the way to remove an infection, even though it may
> appear to be working. Also, by restoring "to a few weeks prior" the
> computer may now have an unstable combination of old and new system files.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Jim wrote:
>> Thank you, it worked.
>>
>> By his going into the task manager and disabling the Personal Security
>> .exe file, he was able to go to RESTORE and restore the machine to
>> a few weeks prior.
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Jim


Jim,

Glad to hear that you could gain control of the system BUT, the Personal
Security uninstall guide does *NOT* suggest using System Restore in
place of cleaning the compromised system. *Strongly suggest* that you
follow the recommended steps to ensure that the malware has been removed.
Also, see if the system is missing any updates now that a restore point
has been used. If Windows or Automatic Update does not function
then that's an indication that the system is *still* infected.


MowGreen
================
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
================

banthecheck.com
"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure? 

On May 13, 6:04 pm, Jim wrote:
> A friend of mine has gotten infected with the "Personal Security"
> virus, that is, no matter what icons or programs you try to start it
> will not allow you to run any programs.
>
> I got this thing about a month ago, and was able to restore my
> computer with my weekly backup, but my friend running XP cannot
> get the restore to work.  I think he had a few people look at it
> but don't think any are gurus or such.
>
> Is there anything he can do to try to salvage his computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

http://www.wikihow.com/Manually-Remove-Personal-Security-Virus
Have a look here, Jim. Good luck. I got it this morning (the bug, I
mean) and format-ed my C: drive/partition.
My usual move when it is taking too much time searching for removals.
Now I found this.
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure? 

AsK;3391681 Wrote:
> On May 13, 6:04*pm, Jim nos....RemoveThis@nospam.com wrote:-
> A friend of mine has gotten infected with the "Personal Security"
> virus, that is, no matter what icons or programs you try to start it
> will not allow you to run any programs.
>
> I got this thing about a month ago, and was able to restore my
> computer with my weekly backup, but my friend running XP cannot
> get the restore to work. *I think he had a few people look at it
> but don't think any are gurus or such.
>
> Is there anything he can do to try to salvage his computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim-
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ydjdeq5
> Have a look here, Jim. Good luck. I got it this morning (the bug, I
> mean) and format-ed my C: drive/partition.
> My usual move when it is taking too much time searching for removals.
> Now I found this.

Restoring the system can clear your problem by some what and you can
have the best performance than before. Personal Security virus is a
unwanted and very harmful application that may itself to computers by
simply visiting a malicious websites. Personal Security will
compromised computer and user’s confidential data. Just like the old
variants Cyber Security, it propagates on computers quickly by means of
Internet and Trojan commonly found on infected websites. The most
successful method that rogue developers apply to easily contaminate a
computer is via browser hijacker that will redirect user to a website
that will run a fake online virus scanner. These websites will alarm
users of a possible infections and prompts to download and install
Personal Security. They claim that Personal Security will be able to
remove all threats detected. Unknown to the innocent user, this was
just a trick to further infect the system and later on it will lead to
a fraudulent online transactions to buy the registered version of
Personal Security.




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jackrodricks
 >> Stay informed about: Personal Security virus - is there any cure?