6/01/2012

Live Security Platinum rogue. How to get rid of this parasite

1.Description

Live Security Platinum belongs to a category of corrupt anti-virus programs. It hides a latent threat for all computers worldwide. It tends to fool the gullible Internet users and push them into buying its non-existent commercial version.


2. Typical rogue behavior inside the affected computer system

As other malwares of this type, this fraudware squeezes into your system without being noticed. Upon successful installation the virus mimics the behavior of the decent anti-viruses. It creates an illusion of scanning the computer system and ends up reporting various infections and says that your system requires immediate help.

3. Files

%Desktopdir%\Live Security Platinum.lnk
%Programs%\Live Security Platinum\Live Security Platinum.lnk
%AppData%\[random]\[random].exe

4. System registry

Windows Ultimate Security Patch creates the following registry entries:

    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\[random] %AppData%\[random]\[random].exe HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum\DisplayIcon %AppData%\[random]\[random].exe,0 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum\DisplayName Live Security Platinum HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum\ShortcutPath "%AppData%\[random]\[random].exe" -u HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum\UninstallString "%AppData%\[random]\[random].exe" -u

Live Security Platinum malware remover:

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