The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.VolcanoSecuritySuite" 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:
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.
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.
There are more registry entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
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 <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- malware
- rogue
Fraud.VolcanoSecuritySuite displays a lot of false threats to lure the user into buying the product. When the user wants to remove these false threats, he has to purchase a license. The program disables legit security products and changes security settings of the system.
Removal Instructions:Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
- Quicklaunch symbols named "Volcano Security Suite.lnk" and pointing to "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\asp2009.exe".
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
- Entries named "avgsys" and pointing to "*.reg*".
- Entries named "Volcano Security Suite" and pointing to "*.exe*".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\VSSSys\vss.cfg".
- The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Volcano Security Suite.lnk".
- The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\asp2009.exe".
- The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\VSSSys\VDAI.ntf".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\Volcano Security Suite.lnk".
- The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Volcano Security Suite.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 "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\<$ENV(VolcanoSecuritySuiteDir)>".
- The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\VSSSys".
- The directory at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\VSSSys".
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 value "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\asp2009.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
- Delete the registry value "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\asp2009.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
- Delete the registry value "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\asp2009.exe" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\".
There are more registry entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
- Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.