How to Remove Security Tool [Removal Guide]

This guide will give you easy instructions on how to remove Security Tool for free.


What is Security Tool? (Information)

Security Tool is a fake security software which uses fraudulent strategies by displaying false or exaggerated security issues on your computer rather than any legitimate ones to coerce you into purchasing their software.

Security Tool is a new malicious specimen from the same family of rouge anti-spyware as Total Security 2009 and System Security.


Security Tool Screenshots



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Follow these instructions to continue:

You have to start computer in Safe Mode by doing the following:

• Restart your computer
  
• After hearing your computer beep once during startup, but before the Windows icon appears, keep tapping F8.
  
• Instead of Windows loading as normal, a menu should appear
  
• Select the first option, to run Windows in Safe Mode with Networking.

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1. Please download this version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.




2. Install Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware by double clicking on mbam-setup




3. Follow the prompts. Make sure that Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware are checked. Then click finish.




4. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will automatically update itself after the installation, click the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program Window as shown below.

If you are having problems with the updater, you can use this link to manually update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware with the latest database. Make sure that Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is closed before installing the update.


5. Close All opened Windows, Programs, File or Folders.


6. Make sure you are on the Scanner tab. Select Perform quick scan then click the Scan button as shown below.




7. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for infected files as shown below.




8. When the scan is finished a message box will appear, click OK to continue.




9. Click Show Results.




10. You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections like shown below. Yours may look different depending on the infection you have.


11. Click on Remove selected.




12. When removing the files, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware may require you to restart the computer in order to do a complete removal. If it displays a message stating that it needs to restart, click Yes.




13. After that you can close the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware window, your computer is now cleaned from the malware infection.


To protect and prevent your computer from experiencing future threats like this, we highly recommend purchasing the FULL version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware with real-time (live) protection from this link.

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Last edited by Doctor Inferno on 8th December 2010, 1:51 am; edited 17 times in total

My gosh, this security tool is crazy. I managed to remove it by following your guide. Thank you. Going to get the full version too.

[b]ok so i did everything you said and renamed malware bytes but it still notices that it is malwarebytes and i can not open it!

Hello,

Open a new topic here: http://www.geekpolice.net/virus-spyware-malware-removal-f11/

We will help you from there.

Thank you! the guide worked great, I shall purchase the PRO version of Malwarebytes, just so that I won't get infected again.

I found it necessary to go into task manager (Windows XP) and actually stop the Security Tool program. Not only is it malicious but it also protects itself from removal. I suspect that if anyone is having trouble with Malware Bytes that the program "Security Tool" is stopping its removal. Under processes in task manager look for an 8 digit number (the first two numbers on my wife's computer were 34) and stop that process. I found that this program had corrupted her antivirus and I had to remove it and reload it (Antivir). It had also corrupted Malware Bytes which was on her computer. With the process shut down for Security Tool, I was able to make the necessary uninstall and uploads of programs to remove this nasty program from her computer...

Mike

Good thing your guide worked, I have been searching around for hours.

Thanks, Cheers

Reboot your pc and press Ctrl+ALt+Delete as soon as it logs in. This is critical to get to the task master before the security tool boots in. Then you will be able to stop the security tool process. which is most probably a series of numbers followed by .exe then you will be able to remove it by a third party spyware remover. Hope this helps

Thanks so much! It worked!

You can also run in safe mode and do a system restore to a date before you had it... :-)

Please help I am unable to follow this removal guide for removing Security tool...I cannot open anything

Srry guys, like some others I'm able to download the anti-spyware software
but UNABLE to accualy run it.

What I tried,
- just searcht it on my pc unable to find it?
- (run anti-spyware)
- with the execute function, type msconfig to prevent it from launching when starting up

non of the above work for me

This worked amazingly. Thanks so much for your help, i'm completely SecurityTool free.

You can use a tool called rkill to stop the popups.

Do you know how this would get into a computer? Seems like over night it just showed up. Should of looked for this before.

Rogues security softwares usually infect you through P2Ps, fake video codecs (usually through adult sites), fake online scanners. It could be that you accidentally clicked a malicious link on IMs or social networks.

OKay so I have almost the SAME problem. I have Security Tool, I cannot run rkill, hijackthis, malwarebytes, can't open zip files, atl ctrl del task manager, add rem programs and exehelper thingy didn't work. Anyone still there to help? I started my own thread but nothing has been replied. I would totally appreciate some help, my co-worker got this on here and I'm trying to fix this before we have to tell the boss man : ) thanks!

Lauren

It infected my kid's computer so I had to do something about it and quick. The option was let him spend days on end on Xbox...

Happily, he doesn't use the computer that much -- or hasn't since he got his Xbox for Christmas, so it was pretty easy to trace back through the computer's history and find out where it went wrong. (I may be on the wrong track cos am not a geek but security tool is no longer on his computer. In our case the culprit was a supposed Windows update on Christmas Day.

I had to restore settings to the point just prior to that, which was in November. I know that isn't easy for everyone to do as we are online all the time. But you might want to go to restore settings and see if there was a windows update around Christmas day or a few days prior, as I think these guys are trying to cash in on the online Christmas shopping rush.

I also followed the malwarebytes instructions but after restoring the settings to prior to the windows update download, it came up with nothing. And I loaded an anti-viral software on his computer.

You guys are awesome! Thank yoiu so much! You saved me a lot of money.

Hi Dr Inferno

I somehow got this nasty virus onto my pc. I was quite frustrated and worried so I looked up how to get rid of it on the web browser. The Geek Police website came up.

I went there and saw your solution. I followed your instructions and through the Malwarebytes program was able to get rid of this pathetic virus. Thanks for your help! You are a champion.

I cannot follow these instructions because the malware has infected safe mode. I cannot execute any programs and the task manager is blocked. I need a tool I can boot from a DOS diskette or bootable CD which will scan for security tool (I have the 2010 version) and let me kill the executable exe or dll files so that I can follow the rest of the removal instructions.

ok can you please send me the link again i am now on my computor i could not get on.. Thank you so much..

oh im so excited to have help my name is dantana0531 for the win32/nuqel.E virus download i think is otl ..

is it Old Timer?

now im not sure if this is working right. I was chatting with Belahzur... Are you still here? and Thank you

@ dantana0531 - If you want my help with malware removal, please post in the malware removal section, not the guides section. This section is for self help, not help from our forum experts.

I was trying to follow your instructions on a fairly new Dell Laptop with Windows Vista. I could not get the Safe Mode with Networking to come up no matter how I tried. After an hour of dealing with this and repeated attempts to follow the instructions, I right clicked on the Security Tool icon and found its properties including the name which was as series of number followed by .exe.
Then I brought up the Windows Task Manager and stopped the process for the program.
I was then able to run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. Security Tool was found, quarantined and deleted!

swarnick wrote:

I cannot follow these instructions because the malware has infected safe mode. I cannot execute any programs and the task manager is blocked. I need a tool I can boot from a DOS diskette or bootable CD which will scan for security tool (I have the 2010 version) and let me kill the executable exe or dll files so that I can follow the rest of the removal instructions.

I could not log on in Safe Mode with Networking. I could not used the Control Panel either.

I found the name of it by right-clicking on the Security Tool icon on the desktop. The last portion of the program path right before the .exe gave me a series of numbers, xxxxxxx.exe which was also found under the Task Manager Processes. I had to go to Windows Task Manager and stop the Security Tool process from running. I stop the process and was able to run the malware program. I hope this helps you!

I was able to utilize malwarebytes when I created a different profile. When I loged back in as the original user the malware was still there. I then restared using safe mode reinstalled the software after successfully stopping personal security in task manager. It appears to have found more infected files and removed them...restarting..nope still here...back to drawing board

Try stopping the process of Security Tool. That's what worked for me since I could not start up in Safe Mode. Once I stopped the process, I was able to use the malware software successfully.

thanks doc. it really works.

thanks aigain....

lkaplus wrote:

I was able to utilize malwarebytes when I created a different profile. When I loged back in as the original user the malware was still there. I then restared using safe mode reinstalled the software after successfully stopping personal security in task manager. It appears to have found more infected files and removed them...restarting..nope still here...back to drawing board

you need open GeekPolice.net into save mode, download the link, scan and thats it , it will work

thats the bastard! i knew it! Can this do anything worse than annoy the shit out of me!!??

Many thanks for your instructions on getting rid of this. I was pulling my hair out and your instructions worked like a charm!

You are fab people. Your download worked first time. If i can get this to work anyone can, seriously it's taken me 20 minutes to figure out how to make this comment and I'm missing American Idol. Idiot proof indeed.

I am so happy I found this site That security tool program was driving me nuts. I do not know much about computers or how they work, so Thank You Very Much, Fingerman1953

OH MY GOD ! you saved me ... This website ROCKs dude ! you know i was home alone and i downloaded this security tool by mistake and got everything missed up ! and my little brother would have killed me because it's his computer ! THANKS A MILLION !

you guys are legends, was sweating there for awhile .........now I can go to bed , thanks again.

Im so pissed that i actually fell for this scam. I am glad that I was able to remove this, thanks to your instructions. i just gotta work on getting my money back. thanks again!

I am one of the many victims to receive such a nasty virus. Is this what people do to generate revenue?

Thank you so much for your generous service, sincerely appreciated!

It worked. The dreaded secutity tool is gone. Thanks for your help!

Thank You Very Much .... this deleted security tool completly

thank you so much for the solution...
i tweaked some idea from one of the msgs and took off the Security Tool
it was totally freaking me out with its constant alerts and denial of access to my antivirus files
though i could not get to the windows Safe mode with Networking
i booted my PC n deleted the process from the task Mgr
then downloaded the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.
ran the set up accdn to the instructions
it rebooted the PC n the malware ws gone...
THANK GOD n U guys SOOOOOOOO much

Help! I've done this procedure and it's still there.

absoƖute brilliant tutorial, I just got rid of the annoying Security Tool trojan by following your instructions and by downloading and running the software. I will defo be purchasing a full version of the software next pay day!! Once again, thank you!!

Thanks a million guys that worked brilliant stuff, I shall spread the word.

Hi,

Can anyone help me. I maaged to get ris of Seceurity Tool a few weeks ago but its back. I can stop the process and run the AntiMalWare which worked last time. It finds the virus and gets rid of it but whenever i log back on it is still there!

Help!! I followed the instructions, started in Safe Mode & ran Malwarebytes & it removed 1 item. When I restarted this obnoxious "tool" is still there. Any suggestions for Windows 7? I can't even get Task Manager to come up to try to stop the Security Tool process.
I'd sure appreciate any help.

Hi, I have unfortunately downloaded security tool and its stupid crawler toolbar to my lap top, and now I cannot access
anything, I have tried to download the software from your advice but it won't accept wireless in safe mode.
I have accessed your site thru my desktop not sure what I should be doing although I'm not bad on tech stuff, this thing is beyond me, pleeeeeese help.

Thanx Ronan dex.

Hello,

Please post here for help: http://www.GeekPolice.net/virus-spyware-malware-removal-f11/