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From: MVM on 24 May 2010 12:26 A program called Personal Security loaded onto my laptop last night. It's blocking about 95% of websites, claiming they are unsafe. It keeps going into "buy a license" for $70; once it does that, I can't get to anything else. It also does this when I try to delete it via the Control Panel add/remove programs. I was able to get it out of my startup init but it's still running. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? P.S. I'm on my husband's laptop now...:-( -- MVM
From: Tom Willett on 24 May 2010 12:42 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-personal-security "MVM" <MVM(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DFDBFDDB-8AD0-4B52-9057-602D01CDCE98(a)microsoft.com... :A program called Personal Security loaded onto my laptop last night. It's : blocking about 95% of websites, claiming they are unsafe. It keeps going into : "buy a license" for $70; once it does that, I can't get to anything else. It : also does this when I try to delete it via the Control Panel add/remove : programs. I was able to get it out of my startup init but it's still : running. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? P.S. I'm on my husband's : laptop now...:-( : -- : MVM
From: sandy58 on 24 May 2010 12:46 On May 24, 5:26 pm, MVM <M...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > A program called Personal Security loaded onto my laptop last night. It's > blocking about 95% of websites, claiming they are unsafe. It keeps going into > "buy a license" for $70; once it does that, I can't get to anything else. It > also does this when I try to delete it via the Control Panel add/remove > programs. I was able to get it out of my startup init but it's still > running. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? P.S. I'm on my husband's > laptop now...:-( > -- > MVM You didn't pay, did you???? :-) I had it yesterday and eventually wiped my partition. Nuisance mostly but not nice either. Good luck.
From: David H. Lipman on 24 May 2010 13:34 From: "MVM" <MVM(a)discussions.microsoft.com> | A program called Personal Security loaded onto my laptop last night. It's | blocking about 95% of websites, claiming they are unsafe. It keeps going into | "buy a license" for $70; once it does that, I can't get to anything else. It | also does this when I try to delete it via the Control Panel add/remove | programs. I was able to get it out of my startup init but it's still | running. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? P.S. I'm on my husband's | laptop now...:-( Not a "virus" but is is malware of the trojan class. The URL Tom provided will help you. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-personal-security -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Mr Percy Verence on 25 May 2010 02:19
you may delete from safe mode_Or do a system restore first "MVM" <MVM(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DFDBFDDB-8AD0-4B52-9057-602D01CDCE98(a)microsoft.com... >A program called Personal Security loaded onto my laptop last night. It's > blocking about 95% of websites, claiming they are unsafe. It keeps going > into > "buy a license" for $70; once it does that, I can't get to anything else. > It > also does this when I try to delete it via the Control Panel add/remove > programs. I was able to get it out of my startup init but it's still > running. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? P.S. I'm on my husband's > laptop now...:-( > -- > MVM |