Got into XP Security 2012 spyware problem when browsing for an old tamil movie and thanks to Bleeping Computer, could successfully fix it. Though there are only few steps involved, the whole process took hours, so you may want start a step and go ahead with other works to save time.
What's great about this solution - the fix is through free software. The only issue here is you need a second clean computer to download the files, take it the one that is infected and run them there.
Here is what I did:
(btw, I had a second clean computer)
1) Try to mute the pop-ups from the spyware by doing a fake registration by giving the activation codes available from pcrisk.com. But, if you are not able to open web browsers, then you have to somehow download registry fix software - pcrisk.com provides this fix. Try to download through start->run and type www.pcrisk.com/xp-fix. Fixing the registry entries is the important first step.
2) When internet itself does not work, you will have to follow the manual removal instructions to begin with - this is available from many websites; be sure to boot the system in 'Safe mode with Networking' for this. This is a tedious process but not so tedious as formatting and installing all softwares again. For me, manual removal was like a preprocessing step, since even after verbatim following those instructions didn't solve the problem. Basically you will have to some how fool the rogue software into believing that you are going to register and not doing anything to remove it.
3) pcrisk.com speaks about proxy fix too. I didn't have this problem, so didn't have to worry about it.
4) General tips for XP Security 2012 removal is available here
5) Once the internet connection is up, follow the steps I did from Bleeping Computer
6) Do not forget to download and install MBAM from cnet.com. Perform a full scan using MBAM and remove the rogue spyware.
That's it.
What's great about this solution - the fix is through free software. The only issue here is you need a second clean computer to download the files, take it the one that is infected and run them there.
Here is what I did:
(btw, I had a second clean computer)
1) Try to mute the pop-ups from the spyware by doing a fake registration by giving the activation codes available from pcrisk.com. But, if you are not able to open web browsers, then you have to somehow download registry fix software - pcrisk.com provides this fix. Try to download through start->run and type www.pcrisk.com/xp-fix. Fixing the registry entries is the important first step.
2) When internet itself does not work, you will have to follow the manual removal instructions to begin with - this is available from many websites; be sure to boot the system in 'Safe mode with Networking' for this. This is a tedious process but not so tedious as formatting and installing all softwares again. For me, manual removal was like a preprocessing step, since even after verbatim following those instructions didn't solve the problem. Basically you will have to some how fool the rogue software into believing that you are going to register and not doing anything to remove it.
3) pcrisk.com speaks about proxy fix too. I didn't have this problem, so didn't have to worry about it.
4) General tips for XP Security 2012 removal is available here
5) Once the internet connection is up, follow the steps I did from Bleeping Computer
6) Do not forget to download and install MBAM from cnet.com. Perform a full scan using MBAM and remove the rogue spyware.
That's it.
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