Tag: MBAM
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Toolkit essentials – Software tools part two – Executables
Like their physical counterparts, software tools are absolutely necessary for successful IT support. I usually divide them up into two categories; CD images and executables. In my last post, I covered CD images, now to the executables I bring with me: Autoruns Autoruns is a nifty little app from SysInternals that lets you quickly and…
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Manually Removing Personal Security
In a post a while back, I wrote about how to remove Personal Security, a rather nasty piece of spyware. I recently had a computer in that was badly infected. I tried removing it with MBAM, but it kept on returning. Annoyed, and not wanting to do a reinstall, I found a list of…
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Removing Personal Security
I’ve recently had a few users call in, telling me that they’ve been infected with Personal Security, a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Cyber Security. Luckily, it’s pretty easily removed. Here’s how: Turn off System Restore on the infected computer Download and run rkill.com, which kills the processes Download and install…