Virus security live platinum

Downloading " cracked " or " pirated " software from these sites carries not only the risk of being infected with malware, but is also illegal. For more information, see ' The risks of obtaining and using pirated software '. While attackers may attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in hardware or software to compromise a computer, they also attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in human behavior to do the same.

When an attacker attempts to take advantage of human behavior to persuade the affected user to perform an action of the attacker's choice, it is known as 'social engineering'. Essentially, social engineering is an attack against the human interface of the targeted computer. Attackers may try to gain access to your Windows account by guessing your password. It is therefore important that you use a strong password — one that cannot be easily guessed by an attacker. A strong password is one that has at least eight characters, and combines letters, numbers, and symbols.

For more information, see ' Create strong passwords '. The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:. The display of messages and icon:. Send us feedback. Tell us about your experience. Published Jul 29, Updated Aug 22, Learn about other threats. What to do now To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution.

Installation When distributed as Live Security Platinum , the malware generates an identifier of around 32 hexadecimal characters, and uses this in its path and file names. Some examples of the interface, fake alerts, fake scanning results, and pop-ups displayed by "Live Security Platinum" are shown below: Terminates processes Upon installation, Live Security Platinum prevents you from launching any application by terminating its process and displaying a message that falsely claims that the process is infected.

It also specifically targets the following processes for termination: mpcmdrun. Your security settings level puts your computer at risk Activate Live Security Platinum, and enable safe web surfing recommended Ignore warnings and visit that site in the current state not recommended Analysis by David Wood.

Take the following steps to help prevent infection on your computer: Enable a firewall on your computer. If prompted, press any key to start Windows from the installation disc.

Click Repair your computer. Select your user account and click Next. The notepad opens. Under File menu select Open. Select "Computer" and find your flash drive letter and close the notepad. The tool will start to run. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer. Press Scan button. It will make a log FRST. Please copy and paste it to your reply. Re-run FRST again. Type the following in the edit box after "Search:". I'll expect two logs: - FRST.

Download attached fixlist. Plug the drive back in. Running this on another machine may cause damage to your operating system On Vista or Windows 7: Now please enter System Recovery Options. The tool will make a log on the flashdrive Fixlog. Restart normally. Close any open browsers.

Very Important! Temporarily disable your anti-virus , script blocking and any anti-malware real-time protection before performing a scan.

They can interfere with ComboFix or remove some of its embedded files which may cause "unpredictable results". Click on this link to see a list of programs that should be disabled. The list is not all inclusive. If yours is not listed and you don't know how to disable it, please ask.

If there is no internet connection after running Combofix, then restart your computer to restore back your connection. Double click on combofix. If Combofix asks you to install Recovery Console , please allow it. NOTE 2. If Combofix asks you to update the program, always do so. When finished, it will produce a report for you. As long as your computer clock is running Combofix is still working. Be patient. Make sure, you re-enable your security programs, when you're done with Combofix.

If, for some reason, Combofix refuses to run , try the following Delete Combofix file, download fresh one, but rename combofix. Do NOT run it yet. Download Rkill courtesy of BleepingComputer. There are 2 different versions. If one of them won't run then download and try to run the other one. You only need to get one of these to run, not all of them.

You may get warnings from your antivirus about this tool, ignore them or shutdown your antivirus. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. My daughters's pc became infected with this nasty virus. Unfortunately there is a major hangover. As soon as the virus got in it seems that it changed all document, picture and music filenames from, for example, "letter. Worse, it changed the document and image files themselves, so that they cannot be read even if the names are changed back.

Close any open browsers. Double click on combofix. If ComboFix will not run, please rename it to myapp. Now you should download Malwarebytes Anti-malware and remove all Live Security Platinum associated malware.

Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer. Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup. This will start the installation of MalwareBytes Anti-malware onto your computer.

Once installation is complete, you will see window similar to the one below. Now click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Live Security Platinum associated malware. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient. When the scan is finished a message box will appear that it has completed scanning successfully. Click OK.

Your system should now be free of the Live Security Platinum virus. If you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum. Note 2: your current antispyware and antivirus software let the infection through? Author: Myantispyware team. Myantispyware is an information security website created in Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.

Thank you kind sir! Now my wife can get back to finding the next rogue BS malware out there ready to pounce. Thank you so much for the help. It was such a joy to reboot and see the peace of an normal screen.

Glad I came across the post. Did exactly what you suggested and got control over my computer back.