How to Remove Livesecuritysuite.com Hijacker?
Livesecuritysuite.com Hijacker Information:
Livesecuritysuite.com is a malicious website distributing and promoting the rogue anti-spyware application, named Live Security Suite. Usually, you won’t visit livesecuritysuite.com. When your browser redirected you there, it means that Live Security Suite contaminates your system and hijacks your web browser. Then you will be hardly able to visit sites you want because of the malware’s interference. This happens because Live Security Suite modifies your HOSTS file. On there, Livesecuritysuite.com will exaggerate how powerful Live Security Suite is and push you to buy the software. Be sure you don’t do anything on this site. Instead, you should remove Livesecuritysuite.com hijacker and Live Security Suite with the listed removal guide.
Livesecuritysuite.com Site Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Livesecuritysuite.com Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
The files you need to delete:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Live Security Suite.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Suite
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Suite\Live Security Suite Home Page.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Suite\Live Security Suite.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Suite\Purchase Li
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Suite\Purchase License.lnk
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\activate.ico
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\Explorer.ico
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\LiveSS.exe
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\unins000.dat
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\uninstall.ico
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\working.log
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\db
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\db\DBInfo.ver
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\db\ia080614.db
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\db\lists.ini
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\db\WMILib.dll
%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\Languages
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\uill.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\unins000.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\Uninstall Live Security Suite.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\db
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\db\config.cfg
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\db\Timeout.inf
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live Security Suite\db\Urls.inf
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Live Security Suite.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Live Security Suite.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\LiveSS.exe.txt
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
The registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Live Security Suite
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Live Security Suite
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Suite_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\FTP “SearchDir” = “%Program Files%\Live Security Suite\”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PrS” = “http://gen-avpay.com/choose/?productid=GENAV3&uid=0&machineid=c3f92274b4b15694ae2311bd2316c727″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “uniname” = “Live Security Suite_is1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Live Security Suite”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “AVPath” = “\\.\root\SecurityCenter:AntiVirusProduct.instanceGuid=”{653E64F8-62B6-4F96-B22D-4FFC6E44130E}””
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent “URLSS[2.0.3.0]“
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirewallDisableNotify” = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “FirstRunDisabled” = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center “UpdatesDisableNotify” = “0″
Please, be aware that manual removal of Livesecuritysuite.com Virus is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards.Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Livesecuritysuite.com Virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Livesecuritysuite.com Virus Removal:
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Download Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.
3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Spyware Cease delete all detected virus.
4. Download and install RegTweaker (RegTweaker review) to repair your corrupted registry.
Why should you need RegTweaker?
As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.
To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install RegTweaker.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.
After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!
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Cassie on May 16th, 2010
Great information! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thanks!