Home Personal Antivirus
Home Personal Antivirus resembles to be another one of those hazardous and widespread rogue security application that will literally harm computers connected to Internet. Home Personal Antivirus initial activity is spearheaded by a Trojan that will get into computers invisibly. This Trojan will then modify Internet browser settings that will aggressively promote rogue program by either pop-up alerts or web page redirection. Message alerts includes Critical warning, Firewall Warning and Update Available. It was also observed that Home Personal Antivirus also exhibits a spoof virus scan that will scare users by displaying fake results.
Having intimidated by these fraudulent activities computer users may have no other recourse but to buy the registered version of this program. That just proves that the objective of authors of this program have just accomplished. For some users who have been into this situation before, it is critical to be as watchful as possible when intending to complete a transaction for these unknown programs. Home Personal Antivirus is not a virus removal, it is a malware that must be removed from your computer as soon as possible.
Damage Level: Low
Systems Affected: Windows
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Critical warning alert issued by Home Personal Antivirus.
“WARNING! Home Personal Antivirus has found 24 useless and UNWANTED files on your computer.”
Firewall Warning issued by this rogue security program
“FIREWALL WARNING
Hidden file transfer to remote host was detected
Home Personal Antivirus has detected that somebody is trying to transfer your private data via internet. We strongly recommend you to block the attack immediately.”
Updated Available Pop-up
“Home Personal Antivirus has detected that new threat database is available. Would you like to download and install updated now? Installation is recommended.”
How to Remove Home Personal Antivirus
This guide requires a tool called Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. It is a free tool designed to eradicate various computer infections. MBAM scanner is distributed for free.Boot Windows in Safe Mode With Networking
1. First thing to do is to reboot the computer in Safe Mode with Networking to avoid Home Personal Antivirus from loading at start-up. You may want to print this procedure as we have to restart the computer to complete the removal process.
- Restart the computer.
- Before Windows begins to load, press F8 on your keyboard.
- It will display an Advanced Boot Options menu. Please select Safe Mode with Networking.
- Windows will now start in Safe Mode.
Remove Home Personal Antivirus with MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
2. Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (mbam-setup.exe) and save it on your Desktop or any location on your PC.
3. When finish downloading, double-click on the file mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
4. Follow the prompts and install with default configuration.
5. Before the installation completes, check on the following prompts:
- Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
- Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
6. Click Finish. Program will run automatically and you will be prompt to update the program before doing a scan. Please update.
7. When finished updating, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will run. Select Perform full scan on main screen to check your computer thoroughly.
8. When scanning is finished click on Show Results.
9. Make sure that all detected threats are checked, click on Remove Selected. This will delete all files and registry entries that belongs to Home Personal Antivirus.
10. Restart your computer.
Note: If Home Personal Antivirus prevents mbam-setup.exe from downloading. Download the software from another computer. Renaming it to something like 'anything.exe' can help elude the malware.