Desktop Security 2010 is a fake anti-virus scanning tool made to look like a legitimate Windows program. Once installed to a computer Desktop Security 2010 will configure itself to start automatically when Windows starts up. Once the program runs it will begin to do numerous scans that come up with virus entries that it found on your computer. These warnings and scans are problems it finds are not actual threats but made up ones the program creates. If you attempt to remove the issues with Desktop Security 2010 it will ask that you pay for the full version. You should never purchase this program, Desktop Security 2010 was created to trick users into purchasing a fake program in an attempt to steal credit card information.



Manual Removal of Desktop Security 2010: First to avoid any further infections caused by internet browsing redirects users will need to go to their Internet Options; this can be done by going to the start menu followed by control panel. Once in Internet Options choose the “Connections” tab followed by “LAN Settings” uncheck the “Use a Proxy Server” Option. Once done click “Ok” to save these settings.

Next users need to disable the process from running, to do this press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open up the task manager, once opened choose “Processes” and look for .exe, click on the process and then click the “End Process” button. This will disable the program from running and will allow the files to be removed. The following is a list of files that need to be deleted:

• c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010
• c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010.lnk
• c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\Activate Desktop Security 2010.lnk
• c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\Desktop Security 2010.lnk
• c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\Help Desktop Security 2010.lnk
• c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Desktop Security 2010\How to Activate Desktop Security 2010.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Desktop Security 2010.lnk
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\gedx_ae09.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\jkfuckjs.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kgn.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kilslmd.exex
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kn.a.exe
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\daily.cvd
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\Desktop Security 2010.exe
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\guide.chm
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\hjengine.dll
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\mfc71.dll
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\MFC71ENU.DLL
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\msvcp71.dll
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\msvcr71.dll
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\pthreadVC2.dll
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\securitycenter.exe
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\taskmgr.dll
• c:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\uninstall.exe
• c:\WINDOWS\system32\<random>.exe

Remove Desktop Security 2010 Registry Entries :

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Desktop Security 2010
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Desktop Security 2010
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = “C:\Program Files\Desktop Security 2010\Desktop Security 2010.exe”
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform “Desktop Security 2010″
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “<random>”
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Desktop Security 2010″
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “SecurityCenter”

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