Personal Security Removal Process (remove PersonalSecurity)
December 2, 2009 – 3:15 pmPersonal Security
Personal Security is not for your own benefit, it is actually a fake spyware removal tool. Personal Security is one of those aggravating applications that does absolutely nothing for your benefit. Personal Security can be compared to other rogue anti-spyware programs in the way that it uses fake popup messages and bogus system scan results of parasites to scare computer users into buying a full version of Personal Security.
Personal Security should never be trusted or purchased for any reason unless you enjoy throwing money away. If you like throwing it away, let me give you my address to send it to instead. Do the right thing, remove Personal Security now and avoid damaging your computer from this malicious program.
Are you getting popups from Personal Security? Have you identified that you have Personal Security installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Personal Security completely from your computer?
Why should you remove Personal Security?
If Personal Security 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 Personal Security 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 Personal Security removal process.
How can you manually remove Personal Security
Manual removal of Personal Security may not be for everyone. Each manual Personal Security 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 Personal Security removal process.
Personal Security can be removed manually by following the steps below.
- With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
- Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
- Locate Personal Security in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Personal Security, you can continue to step 5.
- Restart your computer.
- Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
- Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
- 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.
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You may need to return to this removal process for removing Personal Security. 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
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Delete all of the following files that are associated with Personal Security from your computer.
psecurity.exe
PersSecurity
PersonalSecIf 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 Personal Security, 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”
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After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with Personal Security by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Personal Security 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.
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Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed Personal Security completely from your computer. If you find that Personal Security is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Personal Security removal process.
Automatically Remove Personal Security
Automatically remove Personal Security for free. Free automatic Personal Security removal process.
Do you wish to automatically remove Personal Security from your computer? Are you looking for a free method to remove Personal Security from your computer? If so, you can utilize the free automatic Personal Security removal process below. Each step is designed to aid in the use of the program SmitfraudFix, which is a free tool created by S!Ri to remove parasites such as Personal Security. Just so you know there’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix or any other spyware remover will remove Personal Security completely. These instructions are provided as a guide and are to be used at your own risk.
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Download the SmitfraudFix tool to your computer by using our free download link here. Save the downloaded file to your desktop.
Image 1. Save SmitfraudFix.exe
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Restart your computer into safe mode. Safe mode will allow malicious files that are normally loaded into memory to be easily deleted by the SmitfraudFix program. Do you want to learn how to boot into safe mode? If so, you can follow our process on how to boot into safe mode here.
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After booting into safe mode, double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon that should be located on your desktop. Follow the on-screen instructions. Option number 2 should be selected once the program starts.
Image 2. Click on SmitfraudFix.exe icon
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After SmitfraudFix performs the initial removal processes it will ask you “Do you want to clean the registry?” Select Y for yes.
Image 3. For “Do you want to clean the registry?,” select Y for yes
- Once SmitfraudFix has finished the registry clean you can restart your computer now.
- Personal Security should be removed from your computer. If not, you can start the automatic removal process over. It may take more than one try in some rare cases.
There’s no guarantee that SmitfraudFix will remove all files due to the complex nature of new spyware files that are ever-changing. If necessary, you may need to get help from a person who knows about computer and spyware.
(Disclaimers: These instructions are provided to you for free and to be used at your own risk. The free removal process for Personal Security is not guaranteed to work in all circumstances. We are not responsible for any damages.)
