Belonging to the well-known WiniGuard family of rogue software, Win Security 360 is a fake anti-spyware that tries to convince users to pay for the ‘full’ version of the software. It gets installed on user systems via Trojans that get downloaded from websites with fake malware scanners. Once it is established on the user’s computer, Win Security 360 performs numerous fake security scans, resulting results that show various threats that are non-existent. It may also add a number of false values to the Windows Registry. This rogue software also insists that the user should purchase a license to the ‘full’ version of Win Security 360, claiming that the currently installed ‘trial’ version is insufficient to remove the detected ‘threats’. This is a false statement as no version of Win Security 360 has the ability to scan or clean your computer. Therefore the best thing to do as soon as you find this rogue software on your system is to take immediate measures to delete it.
In order to delete Win Security 360, it is necessary to stop its running processes, delete its files and folders and to delete its registry entries.
File Removal Procedures
The first step needed to delete Win Security 360 is to kill the following process which is related to it:
- WinSecurity360.exe
Next, it is necessary to delete the following files and folders from your computer:
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\WinSecurity360
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\WinSecurity360\vlc.dat
- %UserProfile%\Application Data\WinSecurity360\WinSecurity360.ini
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\Win Security 360.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win Security 360
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Win Security 360.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win Security 360\Website.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win Security 360\Win Security 360 Help.lnk
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Win Security 360\Win Security 360.lnk
- c:\Program Files\WinSecurity360 c:\Program Files\WinSecurity360\sk.lst
- c:\Program Files\WinSecurity360\Win Security 360 Help.url
- c:\Program Files\WinSecurity360\Win Security 360.url
- c:\Program Files\WinSecurity360\WinSecurity360.exe
Once these two steps have been completed, your file system is free from Win Security 360.
Registry Removal Procedures
In order to completely delete Win Security 360, it is necessary to delete the following entry from the Windows Registry.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\WinSecurity360
After this step has been completed, your computer is completely safe from Win Security 360. It would be prudent to use a legitimate registry cleaner to ensure that there are no other fake registry entries created by this rogue software remaining.
Conclusion
Only experienced system administrators should attempt to delete Win Security 360 manually, as any wrong move on the user’s part could cause permanent damage to the system. It is recommended that inexperienced users use a web-based repair service such as www.onlinecomputerrepair.org or legitimate antivirus software such as Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.