The Security Monitor virus is a malicious software that attempts to impersonate legitimate and working security softwares by presenting itself as the Security Monitor 2012. This fake antivirus protection tool generates misleading warnings about viruses and malwares that it has supposedly detected in your computer. These bogus warnings are an attempt to coerce you into paying for a bogus full version or license key of this fake antivirus. The Security Monitors virus is another duplicate of previously released fake antiviruses the likes of which include the security solution 2011, the antivii 2011 and the fake security tool virus.
This malware will not only bombard you with fake security alerts and adverts. It may also cause browser hijacking leading you to the Security Monitor scam site securitymonitor2012.com. Do not be deceived into purchasing this rogue software. If your computer has been showing symptoms of infection, security monitor removal should be consider.
The following guide provides information on how to remove security monitor virus:
How to Get Rid of Security Monitor 2012
1. Download Malwarebytes and then rename mbam-setup.exe to iexplore.exe
2. Launch iexplorer.exe to install Malwarebytes
3. Once the program is installed, navigate to your Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware folder.
Find mbam.exe and rename to iexplore.exe
4. Doubleclick iexplore.exe to launch Malwarebytes and use as av guard online removal tool
5. Click the "Update" tab and click the "Check For updates" button.
6. Once the program has loaded and updates were downloaded, select "Perform Quick Scan", then click Scan.
7. Once the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
8. Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
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