Manual Removal Guide for Fraud.InternetSecurity2011

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.InternetSecurity2011" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• malware
• rootkit
• rogue

Description:

Fraud.InternetSecurity2011 claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user and make him buy a license to get the issue fixed. It uses rootkit functions to hide and preserve itself on the computer. It also disables real security software by deleting access permissions. Windows Update Service may also be deleted by Fraud.InterenetSecutiy2011 and its variants like XP Home Security 2011.

Removal Instructions:

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$LOCALAPPDATA>\<$ENV(ISdata)>".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\<$ENV(ISdata)>".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\pod.exe".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\spm.exe".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\srv<$ENV(ISservini_praefix)>.tmp".
• The file at "<$TEMPLATES>\<$ENV(ISdata)>".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.InternetSecurity2011 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key "srv<$ENV(ISservini_praefix)>" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\".
• Delete the registry key "srv<$ENV(ISservini_praefix)>" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\".
• Delete the registry key "srv<$ENV(ISservini_praefix)>" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\".
• Delete the registry key "srv<$ENV(ISservini_praefix)>" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\".
• Delete the registry value "svchost.exe" at "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\featurecontrol\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\".
• Delete the registry value "svchost.exe" at "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\featurecontrol\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\".
• Remove "<$ENV(ISdll)>.dll" from registry value "SecurityProviders" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\".

If Fraud.InternetSecurity2011 uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum 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.