Live Essential Platinum

Live Essential Platinum Description

Live Essential Platinum is a recent spin-off or variant of the Win32/Winwebsec family of rogue anti-malware programs.

Live Essential Platinum pretends to be a reputable anti-malware scanner but doesn’t have any ability to find or remove malicious software of any type. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also found that Live Essential Platinum attacks may be accompanied by severe attacks against real security software, included spontaneous system reboots. To remove Live Essential Platinum and related PC threats from your computer safely, it’s recommended that you use appropriate security techniques to disable all malicious software before you attempt to scan your hard drive.

From Trusting a pop-up Alert to Dealing with an Infestation of Live Essential Platinum

Live Essential Platinum, as a WinWeb Security variant, offers system scans against malicious software, ‘real-time protection’ and privacy-guarding features, but rather than being potent defenses, Live Essential Platinum’s features are simple delivery vehicles for fake security information. Since Live Essential Platinum’s main aim is to encourage PC users to purchase its software without any regard for their well-being, pop-up warnings and scans by Live Essential Platinum always contain deceitful and highly-negative information about your PC’s health. Throughout all of this, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers emphasize that Live Essential Platinum can’t remove or even find any form of malicious software, like all Winwebsec-based scamware including Security Sphere 2012, Disk Antivirus Professional, System Security, Microsoft Antivirus 2013, MS Removal Tool, AVASoft Antivirus Professional, Total Security 2009, Windows Secure Kit 2011, Advanced Security Tool 2010, Advanced PC Shield 2012, Winweb Security, Windows Attacks Preventor, Windows Ultra-Antivirus, Smart Protection 2012, Security Monitor 2012, Personal Shield Pro, Security Scanner 2012, Security Shield 2012, System Adware Scanner 2010, System Care Antivirus, Live Security Platinum, System Progressive Protection, Security Tool, Security Shield, Security Shield/Scanner, System Security 2012, System Tool 2011, Total Security and Smart Fortress 2012. As a result, you should never spend money on Live Essential Platinum or similar PC threats from its family.

Additionally, Live Essential Platinum may not be the only PC threat that’s on your computer. Live Essential Platinum and similar Winwebsec-based rogue anti-malware programs have also been known to install worms like Koobface or Swimnag, and may, themselves, be installed by Trojans such as Zlob. The installation process for Live Essential Platinum has frequently been found to use a ‘Security Monitor: WARNING!’ fake message as part of the process, and will place Live Essential Platinum on your computer even if you avoid clicking this pop-up’s ‘OK’ button.

All the Essentials to Beating a Live Essential Platinum Infection

Live Essential Platinum and PC threats that install Live Essential Platinum are often distributed by fake system scanners, fraudulent media updates and similar forms of malicious web content. Accordingly, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend using strong browser settings and scanning anything prior to downloading or launching Live Essential Platinum. Anti-malware software, while helpful for removing Live Essential Platinum, should be updated if necessary, since Live Essential Platinum is a relatively new member Winwebsec that may evade detection that’s based on out-of-date databases.

Typical behavior for Live Essential Platinum and related PC threats includes extreme attempts to block victims from using real anti-malware programs that could get rid of Live Essential Platinum safely. These attacks can extend to blocking programs, crashing programs in the middle of a scan or rebooting your PC during a scan. As such, disabling all PC threats, including Live Essential Platinum, can be crucial to disinfecting your computer, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team especially recommends booting from a removable media-based device for this purpose.

Live Essential Platinum Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)

Is your PC infected with Live Essential Platinum? To safely & quickly detect Live Essential Platinum, we highly recommend you run the malware scanner listed below.

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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

#	File Name
1	%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe
2	%Programs%\Live Essential Platinum\Live Essential Platinum.lnk
3	%Desktopdir%\Live Essential Platinum.lnk
4	C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E
5	C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum

Registry Modifications

Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on how to remove malicious registry entries.

Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.

The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\5AA458FE087C612E662185E8D95A0456 "(Default)"="1"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Essential Platinum "DisplayIcon" = "'%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe,0'"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Essential Platinum "ShortcutPath" = "'%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe" -u '"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Essential Platinum "UninstallString" = "'%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe" -u '"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum "ShortcutPath" = "'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E.exe" -u'"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum "DisplayIcon" = "'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E.exe,0'"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum "DisplayName" = "'Live Security Platinum'"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum "UninstallString" = "'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E.exe" -u'"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce "529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E" = "'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E\529C50F6007459265E197DE0D151FC4E.exe'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce "[random]" = "%AppData%\[RANDOM]\[RANDOM].exe"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Essential Platinum