Remove My Security Wall [Removal Guide]

This guide will give you easy instructions on how to uninstall or get rid "My Security Wall" for free.


What is My Security Wall? (Information)

My Security Wall 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.

My Security Wall is a new malicious specimen from the same group of fake antivirus software as Virus Doctor.

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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 removal tool: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.



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

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 install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program 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



5. Close ALL open 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 above.

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, please allow it to do so.

13. Next, open Notepad by going to Start >> All programs >> Accessories. Copy the following code to Notepad:



14. Save the file name as hostsfix.bat, Select All Files under Save as type. Click Save and save it to your desktop. Run the file.



15. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ and delete the file named hosts.

16. Download one of the following HOSTS file for the version of Windows you are using.

• Windows XP HOSTS file
  
• Windows Vista HOSTS file
  
• Windows 7 HOSTS file

17. Restart your computer and your computer is now cleaned from My Security Wall.

To protect your computer from future threats like this, you may want to consider purchasing the Pro version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware with real-time protection from this link.

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Last edited by Doctor Inferno on 10th April 2010, 5:26 am; edited 2 times in total

Hi Doctor Inferno, I apologize if I am doing anything wrong by posting here, I am new to this site. Thanks for the article on how to remove the my security wall virus, but I'm stuck on #15. I did the thing on the notepad, the little screen came up and disappeared within a few seconds, I'm guessing that is suppose to happen. The part that got me stuck was on deleting the "hosts" from the etc folder. I could not find it, so I ended up deleting the "host_new" file which has been modified yesterday the 12th of Feb. Since I did not think that was right, I looked for the hȋdden folders and surely enough, there was the "hosts" file. I tried to delete it and for some reason I can't. I'm getting an access denied and "you need to confirm this operation, I click continue, and it says "you need permission to perform this action" with an option of try again or cancel, I keep clicking try again and nothing happens, it just keeps on going to that screen. I even tried dragging the new hosts file into the folder and I cannot replace the old "hosts" file with the new one because i'm still getting that I need permission to perform this action and the account I am on is an administrator's account. I am running a window's vista if that's any problem and I'm on my mom's laptop trying to help her get rid of this virus. please help me, I'm pulling out my hair here trying to figure out what I am suppose to do. Thank you in advance

Drive me Crazy,

I had the same problem you did, In order to modify or change the Hosts file you have to run the hostsfix.bat file as an administrator. To do so, right click over the batch file and select run as administrator. What I did was just move the hosts file into the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc folder and then chose to overwrite existing file. Hope this helps.

Hi Guys : New to the site and have run this for My Security Wall 3 times - went down from 795 infected keys etc to zero. Can't see My Security Wall anywhere on listings but McAfee says it can't download as the PC still contains My Security Wall which will prevent the virus checks working correctly. Any advice appreciated. (McAfee was operative when this virus appeared in the first place). Pulling hair out at present - is there also a better option to McAfee anyone can recommend ?)