The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.SecurityInspector2010" 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:
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Start Menu:
Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
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.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
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 folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
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.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- malware
- rogue
Fraud.SecurityInspector2010 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.
Removal Instructions:Start Menu:
Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
- Items named "Security Inspector 2010.lnk" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\Security Inspector 2010\*.exe".
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
- Quicklaunch symbols named "Security Inspector 2010.lnk" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\Security Inspector 2010\*.exe".
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
- Entries named "Security Inspector 2010" and pointing to "?<$APPDATA>\*\*.exe*".
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.
- Products that have a key or property named "Security Inspector 2010".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$APPDATA>\Security Inspector 2010\taskmgr.dll".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Inspector 2010.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Inspector 2010\Activate Security Inspector 2010.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Inspector 2010\Help Security Inspector 2010.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Inspector 2010\How to Activate Security Inspector 2010.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Inspector 2010\Security Inspector 2010.lnk".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
- The directory at "<$APPDATA>\Security Inspector 2010".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Security Inspector 2010".
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 folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry key "Security Inspector 2010" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
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 before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.