Home Security Solutions’ vicious attack against the healthy PC
December 28, 2011 Computer Safety Tip
It is clear to see that Home Security Solutions is not simply another rogue security application – this rogue employs 
advanced attack tactics such as the Windows Web Security fake online antimalware scanner to gain surreptitious entry to its victims’ PCs. You will come across this fake scanner on websites that promote and distribute the Home Security Solutions rogue. This fake scanner is distributed to the www5.thebest-av-foryou.com, secure.2smartwasuite.com and secure1.thebest-armyfya.com, among other sites.
Once you land on any of these sites Windows Web Security will perform a fake scan of your system and inform you that your PC is overrun by serious threats. It will then urge you to download and execute Home Security Solutions. If the rogue doesn’t manage to gain entry to your PC in this way, it also hijacks legitimate websites and downloads itself onto the system by using drive-by download tactics. You should not even allow this rogue to get a foothold in your PC, but instead erase Home Security Solutions the second it’s detected.
Once Home Security Solutions manages to infiltrate your PC it will create various harmless files on the system which it will then report as severe threats. Some of these files are:
grid.exe
kernel32.exe
kernel32.tmp
It will then launch a fake system scan each time the user logs on to Windows which will urge the user to pay for Home Security Solutions to protect the system. Shortly after the fake scan and bogus scan results, users will start receiving falsely generated security messages such as this:
Attention! 20 infected files detected!
Scan Result: Your computer is infected!
Recommended: click “Remove All” button to erase all infected files and protect your PC
This rogue will launch a campaign against your PC in an attempt to convince you that your PC is being attacked. It will do this by causing extremely poor system performance, increased erratic system behavior and it will also block the user’s internet connection. Circumvent these annoying symptoms by entering either K7LY-H4KA-SI9D-U2FD or U2FD-S2LA-H4KA-UEPB into the rogue.
This rogue also uses Microsoft graphics and icons in its GUIs to further convince you and its over victims of its false legitimacy. Do not ever spend money on any Home Security Solutionss products. Instead employ the removal power of a powerful security tool which will not only erase Home Security Solutions but also protect your PC against similar future attacks.
