Live Security Platinum is a variant of rogue anti-malware software from Win32/Winwebsec. While Winwebsec-derived scamware products have been in distribution for quite some time, Live Security Platinum was only identified relatively recently, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest that you keep your anti-malware programs updated if you want the best chance of detecting or removing Live Security Platinum. Like almost every other type of fake security software, Live Security Platinum’s goal is to make you spend money on its fraudulent software while Live Security Platinum feeds you broken system scan results and fake pop-up warnings, some of which may even resemble notifications from Windows Security Center and equivalent types of legitimate security programs. Although members of Winwebsec like Live Security Platinum are typically rated as low-level PC threats due to limited functionality and distribution, Live Security Platinum may still impede your PC by blocking a wide range of unrelated programs until you delete Live Security Platinum with a respectable anti-malware product.

Live Security Platinum – Slightly Ridiculous but Far From Harmless

Live Security Platinum uses the same unusual light-pink interface that’s common to other branches of Win32/Winwebsec such as Essential Cleaner, the fake MS Removal Tool, Security Sphere 2012 and System Tool. Other variants of Winwebsec continue to portray a similar template that’s identifiable as a clone of the one that Live Security Platinum uses, albeit with a different color scheme. As a rogue anti-malware scanner, Live Security Platinum isn’t designed to display accurate threat alerts or protect your PC, and Live Security Platinum’s pop-ups and other system alerts are all just leverage to make spending money on Live Security Platinum’s software seem attractive. SpywareRemove.com malware research team doesn’t see any benefit to be had from spending money on Live Security Platinum, and also notes that the fraudulent ‘companies’ that distribute PC threats like Live Security Platinum are known for exploiting credit card data and other fiscal information ruthlessly.

Live Security Platinum’s fraudulent security information can include fake infection warnings and taskbar updates, and since Live Security Platinum is designed to launch automatically, you can anticipate seeing these pop-ups on a regular basis. However, Live Security Platinum’s start up routine and other attacks are all designed for Windows, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers consider non-Windows operating systems safe from standard Winwebsec-based attacks.
Live Security Platinum: ‘Old Testament Style’ Jealous Software

Live Security Platinum’s most dangerous behavior arguably is its ability to monitor your PC’s memory and disable processes that Live Security Platinum dislikes – including actual anti-malware and security programs. In fact, Live Security Platinum’s list of programs that Live Security Platinum blocks without just cause is so broad that it’s easier to list the programs that Live Security Platinum doesn’t block, such as Internet Explorer and various processes that are critical for the Windows OS.

As a counterbalance, SpywareRemove.com malware research team notes that this program-blocking function doesn’t harm the applications in question. Since Live Security Platinum uses randomly-named files and alters the Windows Registry during its infection, you should use appropriate anti-malware software to remove Live Security Platinum. With Live Security Platinum out of the way, your other programs should resume normal functionality.

Instructions:

Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Download Link

If you are unable to connect to the site to download Malwarebytes’, please go back and do steps 3-6 again and make sure the infection has not reenabled the proxy settings.

1.Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.

2.Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.

3.When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If MalwareBytes’ prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.

4.MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM 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.

5.On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Windows Maintenance Suite related files.

6.MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically check on the status of the scan.

7.When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image below.

You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the Windows Maintenance Suite removal process.

8.You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.

9.A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.

You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the steps.

10.When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window.

11.You can now exit the MBAM program and done.