AV Security 2012 Removal Process (remove AVSecurity2012)

Protect Yourself from AV Security 2012

- Remove rogue anti-spyware/anti-virus programs
- Prevent trojans, hijackers & other malware infections
- Use spyware helpdesk to resolve pesky malware

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AV Security 2012 is a bogus security application that was created by cybercriminals in order to trick unsuspecting computer users into buying the fake full version of their software. AV Security 2012 pretends to be a legitimate anti-spyware application, but PCHubs malware researchers have confirmed that this rogue anti-virus program has no capability at all in detecting or removing any kind of virus, spyware or any other type of malware. PCHubs malware researchers strongly advise against purchasing AV Security 2012 or else you would surely end up losing your money.

How AV Security 2012 Creeps into Your Computer

AV Security 2012 belongs to the same family of rogueware creators that made other notorious rogue security applications such as Security Sphere 2012, AV Security 2012, System Security 2012 and System Security 2011. Like its rogue anti-virus program variants, AV Security 2012 starts creeping into your computer system through a Trojan, which the user will have unknowingly downloaded from infected websites, fake video codecs, and other infected freeware downloads. Once the Trojan is in the targeted computer, the Trojan installs the AV Security 2012 application without the user’s knowledge or permission. Once the infected computer gets rebooted, the AV Security 2012 application runs automatically and is constantly running in the background while the computer is turned on in normal mode.

When the AV Security 2012 program is already running on the infected computer, it runs a bogus system scan which produces fabricated results showing that the computer is infected with several kinds of viruses, spyware, and malware. Apart from that, AV Security 2012 also displays several misleading pop-up messages, alerts, and notifications which scare the computer user into believing that their computer is infected with several imaginary infections. The AV Security 2012 malware would then proceed to prompt the computer user to buy the full version of AV Security 2012 in order to remove the supposedly detected viruses. However, be warned that AV Security 2012 is a fake and purchasing it would only cause you to lose money. You must never purchase AV Security 2012 as it would not help you at all in removing those annoying notifications, since AV Security 2012 is actually the infection that needs to be removed from your PC.

How to Secure Your Computer against AV Security 2012

In order to restore the security of your computer, you would need to keep your computer free from AV Security 2012 and all other related rogue anti-virus programs. AV Security 2012 can actually compromise your computer’s security, making it more vulnerable to remote attacks, so removing it as soon as possible is highly recommended. You would need a legitimate and powerful anti-spyware application that has been updated with the latest signature database in order to remove AV Security 2012 successfully.

So that AV Security 2012 will not run on your computer’s background while doing the removal process, it would be best to reboot your computer in Safe Mode in order to prevent AV Security 2012 from counteracting the removal process. Scan your computer using the legitimate security application and remove the detected infections, which would include AV Security 2012.

Are you getting popups from AV Security 2012? Have you identified that you have AV Security 2012 installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove AV Security 2012 completely from your computer?

Why should you remove AV Security 2012?

If AV Security 2012 resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that AV Security 2012 may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking AV Security 2012 removal process.

How can you manually remove AV Security 2012

Manual removal of AV Security 2012 may not be for everyone. Each manual AV Security 2012 removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic AV Security 2012 removal process.

AV Security 2012 can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate AV Security 2012 in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find AV Security 2012, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:59232

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\System Security 2011

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing AV Security 2012. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with AV Security 2012 from your computer.

   %Temp%\svhostu.exe

   %UserProfile%\Desktop\System Security 2012.lnk

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with AV Security 2012, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with AV Security 2012 by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\AV Security 2012 folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed AV Security 2012 completely from your computer. If you find that AV Security 2012 is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic AV Security 2012 removal process.