Nov 27

Winweb Security Description:

Winweb Security (AKA WinwebSecurity) is quite a sophisticated rogue anti-spyware and is currently referred to the latest threats you may encounter in the web. Traditionally, Winweb Security will not fail to generate tons of misleading popups ‘screaming’ about malware infection resident in your system and posing a significant hazard to your machine and your privacy. Winweb Security is also known to actively use fabricated system scans to eventually ‘detect’ malicious activity of different severity. To reinforce the effect of scaring technique, Winweb Security often mentions the Lsas.Blaster.Keylogger worm that is claimed to be affecting your web-browser. Winweb Security often labels your legitimate system files as infected and urges you to remove them before the imaginary infection starts spreading. At this stage, you are supposed to be scared enough to start believing your PC is in danger, indeed. Whereupon, according to the fraudsters’ plan, it’s a piece of cake to convince you into paying for Winweb Security ‘full’ version. Do not get misled into buying Winweb Security and remove the parasite once detected.

Find out if your PC is infected with Winweb Security:

Winweb Security fake scan screenshot:

Winweb Security

How to remove Winweb Security manually:

To perform manual removal of Winweb Security, you should do the following:

Delete Winweb Security files and folders:

  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\WinwebSecurity
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\WinwebSecurity\Languages
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\WinwebSecurity\config.udb
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\WinwebSecurity\init.udb
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\WinwebSecurity\WinwebSecurity.exe
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\WinwebSecurity\Languages\English.lng

Remove Winweb Security registry entries:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D5DF7C9D-6069-4552-8B0C-D02A912FC889}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “WinwebSecurity”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D5DF7C9D-6069-4552-8B0C-D02A912FC889}

Please, note that manual removal of Winweb Security is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic Winweb Security removal tool below:

Download Winweb Security Removal Tool

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