Tutorials to Remove XP Internet Security 2013 Effectively

Are you receiving many terrible security warnings from XP Internet Security 2013? Are your required to pay for the registered version of this program to remove the viruses which have been detected on your computer? Caution! You should not believe in the warnings and do not pay any money to purchase this seemingly legitimate program. Actually, XP Internet Security 2013 is a rogue program that aims to cheat money from its victims. Read this post to get more information about this threat and learn how to get rid of it from your PC now.

Know about the Threat

Pretending to be a legitimate antivirus program, XP Internet Security 2013 is actually a rogue program which mainly targets computers with Windows XP operating system. It is deliberately created by some rogue hackers to extort money from its victims by scaring them into purchasing its registered version. Once installed inside your PC, this rogue program starts its actions of swindling. Like its another variation Vista Internet Security 2013, it will first pop up some fabricated system scanning results which look so authentic, in order to make you believe that your computer really has been infected. After that, it gives the suggestions that you need to activate the program, namely purchasing the registered version, to totally remove all viruses on your computer so as to prevent system damage and data loss. In reality, it is a threat itself and will do much harm to your computer system.

Why Should You Need to Remove the Threat?

If this rogue program gets installed on your computer, it can cause many serious problems. It can damage your system by modifying or deleting vital system files and registry entries. Besides, it will bring additional malicious malware, which will further damage your system. What’s worse, this rogue program may steal your confidential information like bank account details and send it to the remote hackers. Considering the all above, it is strongly suggested that you remove XP Internet Security 2013 from your PC without any delay.

Tutorials to Remove the Rogue Program

Method 1: Manually remove the rogue program in the Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 1: Restart your computer. When it boots up, press the F8 key constantly until the Windows Advanced Options Menu appears on the screen. Select “Safe Mode with Networking” using the arrow keys and press Enter.


Step 2: Open the Task Manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC at the same time. Search for and terminate the processes named by random.exe.

Step 3: Click Start menu and go to Control Panel. Find out and open Folder Options. Under the View tab, tick “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”, non-tick “Hide protecting operating system files (Recommended)” and click OK. This will show all hidden files and folders.

Step 4: Find out and delete the XP Internet Security 2013 related files in the local hard disk C.

%CommonAppData%\[random]
%LocalAppData%\[random]
%LocalAppData%\[random].exe
%Temp%\[random]
%UserProfile%\Templates\[random]
%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe
%AppData%\Local\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]

Step 5: Click on the Start menu and select Run. Type “regedit” into the box and press Enter. When the Registry Editor is opened, seek for and delete the following malicious registry files:


KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe “(Default)” = “[random]”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%LocalAppData%\[random].exe” -a “%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random] “(Default)” = “Application”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random] “Content Type” = “application/x-msdownload”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = “%1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “”%LocalAppData%\[random].exe” -a “%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\shell\open\command “IsolatedCommand” = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\shell\runas\command “(Default)” = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\[random]\shell\runas\command “IsolatedCommand” = “”%1″ %*”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%LocalAppData%\[random].exe” -a “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command “(Default)” = “%LocalAppData%\[random].exe” -a “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” -safe-mode
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command “(Default)” = “%LocalAppData%\[random].exe” -a “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”

Step 6: Reboot the computer back to the normal mode to check whether XP Internet Security 2013 has been successfully removed.

Method 2: Automatically remove the threat with a powerful removal tool.

Sometimes, users will find it fail when they manually remove the rogue program. This may be the reason users cannot find out and delete all malicious files, which enables the rogue program to recover itself when the computer is rebooted. In this case, users can turn to the automatic removal method, namely using a powerful removal tool to detect and delete all the associated malicious files from the infected computer. If you are not acquainted with the manual removal process, you are also recommended to use a removal tool, which will simplify the removal steps. To easily and effectively get rid of XP Internet Security 2013, please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Restart your computer into the Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: Run one of your browsers to download a professional removal tool onto your computer.

Step 3: Locate the downloaded file, double click on the setup to install the removal tool.

Step 4: Run the removal tool and make sure that it has been updated to the latest version. Then start a full system scan to detect the malicious files.

Step 5: Once the malicious files are detected, remove them all. Restart the computer normally. Check whether XP Internet Security 2013 has been completely cleaned up from your machine.