Arief Prabowo 102 Report post Posted July 27, 2012 The Emsisoft malware research team has discovered a new outbreak of the Windows Security System. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Rogue.Win32.WindowsSecuritySystem Windows Security System is a rogue scanner application. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive or misleading scan results report, which says that your computer has a problem, or infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to fix it before you purchase. Create new files: %ProgramFiles%\wss\ %ProgramFiles%\wss\Windows Security System.exe %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Windows Security System.lnk %UserProfile%\Desktop\Windows Security System.lnk %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Security System\ %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Security System\Windows Security System.lnk Create new registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Security System %ProgramFiles%\wss\Windows Security System.exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random] Screenshots: How to remove the infection of Windows Security System (Rogue.Win32.WindowsSecuritySystem)? To delete this malware infection, please download and install Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites