Friday
2012-09-05, 12:47
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.PrivacIE" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.PrivacIE is a fake security software that gets installed by pretending to be something else, like an update for the Adobe flash player. It installs a fake security center and disables the real Windows Security Center. It shows intentional false positives to urge the user to buy its fraudulent software. It also prevents most applications to start. Only a few programs like iexplore.exe are allowed to start. Rename exe files to iexplore.exe to avoid blocking.
Removal Instructions:
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.PrivacIE is a fake security software that gets installed by pretending to be something else, like an update for the Adobe flash player. It installs a fake security center and disables the real Windows Security Center. It shows intentional false positives to urge the user to buy its fraudulent software. It also prevents most applications to start. Only a few programs like iexplore.exe are allowed to start. Rename exe files to iexplore.exe to avoid blocking.
Removal Instructions:
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.